I must say and I don’t wish to make the birthday events any less special, sometimes you should milk the cow more. These treasure hunts are much more fun than RTFs. I’d be up for these more regular with similar time spans. Perhaps a bit more time during the winter months if there was one then due to less daylight hours. I appreciate A LOT of thought must go into categories and bonus points, and at some point it will just get harder and harder to find unique spots.
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The other problem is the amount of administration and time the treasure hunts take. Those of us involved in setting the challenge are all normally active fliers as well as having various work commitments and social lives. The committee internal message thread for the challenge admin already has nearly as many posts as the entire second Birthday Challenge and over half those made up last year’s Challenge thread - and the competition has only been open five days!
The RTFs are easier to organise and administer and give more involvement for the members to pick a subject and to vote for the best images. They differ from the Challenge as they are primarily about artistic skills, the Challenges are about planning, research and ingenuity.
We are developing a couple of new diversions for the winter and beyond ; meanwhile we have brought forward the plan we had for more contestant participation in the RTF subject selection.
If you, Ade, or anyone reading this has suggestions for new competitions or improvements to old ones then please message @Challenges_Committee - we look forward to hearing from you!
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Item 15. Motorsport Track
Mallory park. Take Today around 1pm. Rushed entry in case any other grey arrows were here for this event. 
I claim
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Bonus point if there are vehicles on the track
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Bonus point if you capture an open wheeled car, F1 style on the track (including Go-Karts)
Another loophole possibly. There isn’t anything stating what era F1 style cars. There are cars on the track very much in the era of the beginnings of F1. Might not be able to see from the footage as was obeying the drone code. For clarification this is today’s event. The only one of its kind in the world!! Vintage Sports Car Club | Mallory Park Circuit
- Bonus point for adding to Drone Scene and posting a link with your entry
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Looks like a good event. 
F1 style doesn’t have a dictionary definition, we just wanted to give an indication of what an open wheeled car might look like. A racing car isn’t necessarily open-wheeled as seen in the video - there’s a mix. F1 style covers from 1950 to the present day, we will also accept any car (or kart) from any era that has fully exposed wheels
I actually quite enjoy the limitations put on what can be done with images for the Treasure Hunt. It’s nice to know that once the images are taken then that’s it - no endless tinkering with colours and other post-production.
Don’t get me wrong - I enjoy the editing process. But as @Challenges_Committee have said, the other challenges allow plenty of room for that.
My entry for
Isolated church.
claiming bonus points for not being within 100m of another building
And adding to dronescene
DJI_0343.DNG (17.8 MB)
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At the moment the image isn’t 100 metres from anywhere. We know it’s not explicitly stated in the rules but it helps us award points (or not!) if we can see the image you have produced …
… And a nice recovery there Steve, thanks for editing and adding the picture to your post !
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I’ll try not to cock this one up and post an image with it. 
There are more than 30 rows so i’ll claim that bonus point, and for dronescene
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Fully uncocked. Three points.
Is the sewage works next door to the solar farm one of last year;s shots?
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Stockport Railway Viaduct, photographed earlier this afternoon with my DJI Mini 2. Opened in 1842, it’s now Listed Grade II*. And rather magnificent, I think.
Claiming all 3 bonus points as indicated above.
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I didn’t use that sewage works as there weren’t enough tanks
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Leighton Buzzard Railway - Narrow Gauge Heaven
Entry 17. Narrow Gauge Railway
I claim bonus points for:
- Bonus point if it has a train on the tracks
- Bonus point if its Commercial
Times & Fares – Leighton Buzzard Railway - Bonus point for adding to Drone Scene and posting a link with your entry
Leighton Buzzard Railway - Added to Everything Else in East of England
Total of 4 point please
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That poor little tank engine is struggling to get moving! Four points added to your score.
I think its because the passengers are a lot bigger then what they were in 1919
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Solar farm
Photo was taken 22.08.21
- Bonus point if there are 30 or more rows
- Bonus point for adding to Drone Scene and posting a link with your entry
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Things are hotting up! We’re going to have to order more number tiles for the scoreboard!
Click the pic for the latest scores!
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photo was taken on 17.08.21
Inverlochy Castle
- Abandoned Building
- Bonus point if listed on British listed buildings website and link provided
or for Northern Island use Listed Buildings - Bonus point if you supply a wikipedia link
- Bonus point for adding to Drone Scene and posting a link with your entry
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Thanks for that Naz. Your points have been input into the Challenge electronic totalisation supercomputer but the leaderboard win’t show a change until 19:00 ish tomorrow when it is briefly taken offline for the daily update and a wipe over with an oily rag
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Funny enough I have to do some filming for a motorbike training school on how to ride at roundabout the right way 
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