There's no need to take this seriously...

...but if you are, there are now less than six months to go to follow the clues in the Great Leeds Pub Crawl, and try to claim the £1,000 prize.

Those you really are taking it seriously will know that the tiebreak hinges on how many paces it takes for me to walk across the city centre from the Palace to the Highland. I walked to the pub the other day with my good friend, the world-renowned classical composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad, who announced, once we were at the bar, that when she walked 100 paces, I walked 91. She had been counting, apparently. This may not help you, unless you happen to know Cheryl. (She's a small Cambridgeshire redhead too, but that really is of no use at all.)