London's Secret Midnight Treasure Hunts
100 years of nocturnal sleuthing in motor vehicles.
Have you ever leaped out of a car at 4am to prostrate yourself over a manhole cover?
I have.
Back in 2013, I participated in a five-hour nocturnal motor race around the Square Mile. My team was competing against dozens of other treasure hunters, many of whom were in vintage cars. The clues had us peering into bushes, examining street fur…