{"id":7276,"date":"2023-10-20T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7276"},"modified":"2025-06-11T19:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:16:12","slug":"bracknell-escape-the-pharoah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=7276","title":{"rendered":"Bracknell &#8211; Pharoah&#8217;s Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 0 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>My birthday day out and we decided we would do an Escape Room &#8230; and we would try somewhere new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was to head across to Bracknell.  I&#8217;d previous worked in the town as had Jon until they closed his office down recently.  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