Not an entry
Encountered this strange looking beast today on my hunt for building sites. From a distance thought it might have been a mobile crane, but once I got the drone up I saw it was very different.
Anyone clue me in as to what it is?
looks like a concrete pump. concrete wagon puts its load into hopper at the rear of truck .its then pumped out nozzle on end of boom arm
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Think your right, but why not just reverse the truck up to where their pouring? i can’t see a reason behind the huge boom? Covid?! maybe needs to be poured at a distance. 
Normally to pour concrete into upper floors of multistorey buildings for virtual structural beams with the reinforced iron rods running through them. Normally in stairways.
Not sure why they are using it in the photos application though lol
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We cannot allow the “some roof architecture” as a bonus.
If you had done a search for “roofing truss” before submitting your image you would have seen images similar to these:
The building industry uses prefabricated roofing trusses like these rather than build on site. They are delivered (mainly) on flat bed trailers - perhaps following one of those would have been a better tactic? 
The hard hats, the cement truck and the crane itself are fine. Four points in total
Sadly I’ve seen lots of these on various sites, but never at the same time as a crane to lift them. And with time running short I thought I’d chance my arm…
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It looks as though the concrete pump is where it is so it doesn’t damage the new concrete apron in front of the building. It isn’t pumping concrete - there doesn’t appear to be a concrete mixer truck nearby. It seems to be voiding water from its nozzle so it is giving itself an enema to rid itself of the last traces of concrete.
That’s what we are wildly conjecturing 
Imagine you’re sat grabbing a quick bit of lunch during a break between treasure hunting, when a mobile crane drives past you and into the petrol station nearby.
Cue a scramble to throw lunch down my neck and get the drone in the sky. Taken today at 12.00 at Thickthorn Services south of Norwich.
I claim 2 bonus points for:
- In motion
- On a single track road
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Mmmm. Concrete enema.
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- Something innteresting in an FRZ - THREE points for this item
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Your entry MUST be accompanied by documentation showing that you had obtained permission to fly in the FRZ
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Tell us why it’s interesting!
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Bonus point for adding to Drone Scene and posting a link with your entry
Otley Chevin and the surprise view
On a clear day you’ll be able to see as far as Simon`s seat,Norwood Top, Almscliffe Crag and the White Horse Near Sutton Bank what a view from the path that runs along the top edge before you make your way through pretty woodland look out for upright stones wall, a type of enclosure dating back to medieval times.
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I claim all four points please
- The something interesting is: The original Hoar Cross Estate comprised 490 acres and was bought for 18 pence in 1450 during Henry VI’s reign, including a moat and a drawbridge, common in Tudor estate houses. It is reported that onlookers would simply turn up, just to set eyes on the building. It survived for nearly 300 years before being demolished in 1740.
From the early 17th century, Hoar Cross had been the first seat of the Ingram family whose principal residence was Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1661 Henry Ingram was brought up as Baron Ingram and Viscount of Irvine. On the death of the 9th Viscount in 1778 the Viscountcy became extinct. The estates descended to his daughters and in 1841 to Hugo Charles Meynell (grandson of Hugo Meynell and son of Sir Hugo Meynell who had married Elizabeth Ingram in 1782). Upon inheritance, Meynell incorporated “Ingram” into his surname to become Meynell Ingram.
Today Hoar Cross Hall is a 19th-century country mansion near the villages of Hoar Cross and Hamstall Ridware. The Grade II listed building is operated as a hotel and spa, and has facilities for conferences and weddings. - Documentation for flight in FRZ link below
- Added to Drone Scene andlink below
[Permission to fly correspondence redacted.pdf - link removed by Challenges Committee as the document still contained sensitive information
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Due to the steep rise in the cost of electricity from our supplier we have had to shut down all but the most essential systems. Vera is shown here compiling the latest leaderboard update.
What has she typed? Click the Pic ™ to find out!
Covid safe though 
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Oh yes, we take rules and regulations very seriously here at Chall Com.
Single track minds 
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With a shoddy weather forecast (that will no doubt change) could be a scramble to find missing entries by the end of the weekend.
Positioning. If you are pouring a large area, the boom allows you to move the point of pouring as the work progresses. If you deliver directly from the concrete truck you are limited to the edge of the pour area. The old fashioned alternative is a hopper carried by a crane, but you rarely seem to see those any more.
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What happened to good old elbow grease, a few rakes and shovels 
having all this direct pour equipment 
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