Phistomefel's April Fool Puzzle!!

In what must be one of the greatest April Fool pranks ever - even if only a few people and Cracking The Cryptic viewers will appreciate it, Phistomefel released the puzzle Simon attempts in this video on 1 April 2022. Simon did not know it was released on April Fools Day when recording!!

You can play this remarkable puzzle which is called "♫ Slitherlink take me home ♫" here:

https://test.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/qQt27GmmF2

Rules:
Draw two closed loops in the grid - a Touching Slitherlink that runs along the edges, and a Country Road that runs from cell centre to cell centre. Neither of the two loops may touch or cross themselves. Not all grid points have to be traversed by the Slitherlink and not all cells have to be visited by the Country Road. Each number is either a Touching Slitherlink clue or a Country Road clue. Both at the same time is also possible. A Touching Slitherlink clue indicates how often the loop touches the edges of the cell containing the clue. The Slitherlink divides the grid into several regions to which the Country Road clues refer. A Country Road clue indicates the number of cells visited by the Country Road in that region. The Country Road passes through each such region exactly once. Cells not visited by the Country Road may be orthogonally adjacent only if they are in the same area. Each region can contain none, one or more Touching Slitherlink clue(s), and each region can contain none or one Country Road clue(s). If a region contains no Country Road clue, an arbitrary number (greater than 0) can be traversed by the Country Road.

In the video, Simon first attempts a Country Road puzzle by Eric Fox to remind himself of the rules of Country Road! You can play this puzzle here:

https://tinyurl.com/yzpwwppu

Rules:
Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of some cells which passes through each region exactly once. A number in a region represents how many cells in the region are visited by the loop. Orthogonally adjacent cells across a region border may not both be unused.

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