2018 Treasure Hunt Challenge

OK, am in Northamptonshire today and tomorrow and I know they have loads of wind farms - so I packed Foxbat and kept an eye out. Saw a nice sized batch of whirly gigs, so found a place to park up.

Unfortunately, just after take off, I got set upon by a swarm of thunderflies! So I didn’t have much time to get a worldy! Bloody things were all over me, the controller and my tab!

Anyway, here is my offering…

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Rather thunder flies bugging me than seagulls bugging the MP, any day! :+1:

Whilst out trying something else I grabbed a couple.

Heres my entry for 100 years old or more, Snaith Priory a couple of miles from me and very close to the beer shop. History of Snaith Priory

Second one is a lucky shot, I was playing with Litchi timelapse’s and this little electric train happened to get in one of the shots. Shot at Great Heck (couple of miles from me), that bridge is the point where the driver drove off the M62 and onto the main east coast line causing the Selby rail crash in 2001 Wiki details

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Great entries guys!!!

@milkmanchris love the photo of the church :+1:

Looks like we have ourselves a tie for first place at the moment :smiley:

#9 - Pier

Hythe Pier and Train

So - Hythe Pier is in Southampton water, and a half-hourly ferry runs to-and-fro Southampton.

The pier is 640m long, and the narrow gauge (2ft) electric train dates from 1909, powered by a 240v electric third rail.

My intention, before seagull intervention (see above), was to use a Litchi “zip wire” and track the train the full length. The vid below was a third attempt flying totally manually … until I chickened (seagulled?) out.

I did hope that starting at the far end, the seagulls mainly loitering around the town end, I’d have better luck. But nope.

So perhaps they’d not follow me to 150m?
There was a brief pause in their endeavours to send me packing (another brief vid will be posted later) but I did get a “plan view” shot.

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#10 - Reservoir

Testwood Lakes

“Reservoir” had me worried - I knew of none nearby.
Googling informed me that Hampshire has only one - Testwood Lakes - to the west of Southampton and fed from the River Test, run by Southern Water. https://www.southernwater.co.uk/testwood-lakes

Never taken a photo with the camera rotated to portrait mode, before … suited the view! Must use more often! :wink:

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#14 - Suspension Bridge

Burgate Suspension Bridge

Who knew? Not me!

Hampshire has ONE suspension bridge. A rather small one, too.

At the western side of The New Forest is the town of Fordingbridge, and Burgate is a village a few miles north.

“The footbridge is a steel suspension bridge made of reused parts of a Bailey bridge, and was erected in 1949-50.” Burgate

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This is getting competitive.

Are we taking bets? :rofl:

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#8 - Monument

Rufus Stone - New Forest

A potential entry for the non-existent “Smallest Monument” category.

King Rufus (William II of England) met his end here. Killed by the arrow of one of his fellow huntsmen, Sir Walter Tyrrell.
Rufus Stone

It’s been a busy day! :wink:

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Windmill

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#10 - Tall Building (with 10 or more storeys)

MV Aurora
(This could be a contentious one! :wink: )

Ships get built, ergo a ship is a building. :heavy_check_mark:
MVAurora has 13 decks - of which 10 are passenger decks, ergo it has "10 or more storeys. :heavy_check_mark:

Anyway … here it is in all its glorious, and (intentionally) tacky, editing … especially the music! (!!! get me …. music in a vid! :fearful: )

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Too right its contentious, according to the oxford English dictionary the word building has 5 definitions;

1, A structure with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory. on a plot of land

2, The action or trade of constructing something.

3, ‘the building of motorways’

4, The creation or development of something over a period of time.
‘the building of democracy in Guatemala’

5, A flock of rooks. eg ‘a picture of her standing amongst a building of rooks’

, so I think you are going for number 2, however a ship can be built, but the end result is not a building. a good effort though, although a photo of a flock of rooks with 10 or more birds above each other would have been fine!

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We have a new leader!

@OzoneVibe has jumped to the #1 slot, with @suffolkfox and @milkmanchris tied for second place!

Excellent work guys!!! :smiley: :+1:

Ha! Yeah, sorry Dave, that’s not a building. Contentious is an understatement :rofl:

Define it however you want, all I can see is a boat :smiley:

Ten out of ten for trying though :wink:

Just to add, FYI everyone, although we have some clear contenders in this current Challenge, there are still THREE WEEKS remaining :smiley:

The race isn’t over yet… :+1:

Dave, also just to add, thanks for all the details you provide with each entry, it’s a fascinating insight :smiley:

hint, hint, everyone ;)

And @Nazzcar - welcome to the race! Thanks for the entries :smiley:

Where is that windmill mate?

All I see is a fugly tower block of flats that’s fallen over into the water. “Boats” are things of beauty, style and elegance! :+1:

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OK, while in Northampton I discovered that the Grand Union Canal flows through the town - et voila, there was a lock and a viaduct!

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Also in Northampton, there is an Eleanor Cross. After his wife, Eleanor of Castile died, Edward I erected these crosses at places where her body rested overnight. Familiar places like Waltham Cross are so named because of this.

Anyway, please excuse the Heras fencing and dodgy focus (I was near a road and didn’t want to hang about). This is my Monument entry…

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Lytham St Annes promenade