2018 Treasure Hunt Challenge

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

Photo 2: Akumal, Mexico 24/06/18

Taken with Polar Pro ND16 as a raw and had a play on Photoshop :slight_smile:

Count this as my beach entry! :+1:

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#4 - Cooling Tower

Didcot B

The three towers of Didcot A were demolished, rather spectacularly, by explosives on Sunday 27 July 2014 at 05:01am.
Sadly, subsequent to that, a large section of the boiler house at Didcot A power station collapsed on 23 February 2016 while the building was being prepared for demolition. Four men were killed in the collapse.

Didcot A was the, seriously polluting, combined coal and oil power plant - I can recall driving past and seeing the HUGE mountains of coal stock.
Didcot B is a natural gas power plant, currently active but owners, RWE, announced on 9 January 2014 that modules 5 and 6 of Didcot B will cease generation by 31 December 2023 at the latest.

Anyway … no Litchi mission. :frowning:
I’d just got in the air when a cop stopped next to me. LUCKILY, he owns an MP. “A quick couple of photos, then bugger off!” were his words of advice to me. :fearful: :
Whilst I wasn’t in a NFZ, and there wasn’t any reason not to fly, I decided I’d not test my case at the cop-shop @ 5:20am this morning. :sunglasses:

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Probably a good choice :wink:

A few minutes later and I’d have needed to explain how I can see my drone as it circumnavigated the towers. Quit whilst you’re ahead, without handcuffs, I say! :rofl:

Think cap always on.

Was always going to be a couple of strugglers on the list within easy grasp, and with that I give give you Brayton Barff Reservoir. Popular spot to walk the dog and only a few miles away.

Its a covered reservoir, and the surrounding woodland is very popular with the locals

Read all about it here

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#17 - Water Tower

South Wonston Water Tower

Not much to say about it … it’s a water tower … on the edge of South Wonston, next to the A34. Driven past it goodness knows how many times in my life.

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Having been questioned a few times around power stations a local bobby mate told me that they class them as national infrastructure and are conscious of the terror threat, from overseas and the tree huggers.

He didn’t proffer his reasoning … power station or otherwise.

I nearly always ‘hide’ a km away from the intended target nowadays ;o)

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I WAS … 900m, in fact! Look at the photo!

Edit: 917m. :wink: In a small industrial estate, off the main road. Guess he was just doing the rounds.

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I’d have been a km further back than that ;o)

When I flew over the top of Eggborough recently I was hidden along the edge of a wood, over a river, 1500m away, always come back low and fast

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I’m still training my faith in Litchi … one step at a time. I want to watch it go as far as I can.
“Fast and low” was never an option with all the power pylons and cables radiating out from the place. I was intending “high and invisible” for this mission … before I was “interrupted”. :slight_smile:

Double headed Steam Train

Approaching Preston at Factory Lane.

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Leaderboard updated!

We are currently tied for first place and fifth place :smiley:

Um…

That looks like a picture of a couple of fields… Did you upload the wrong picture? Or do my eyes need testing again?

STUNNING photo Dave!!! :clap:

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