@macspite Robert, 10 points awarded well done!
"Come in on Sunday they said. It will be good experience for you they said. Nothing will be happening anyway, only call us if it gets really busy. And where are they? All down the beach with their phones switched off …! "
So what has got our hero so flustered? A flood of entries? Click the Pic™ to see what’s changed on the Leaderboard!
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Does a Dam count for this?
Short answer - no.
As an aside and at the risk of being patronising we require a building with a will article devoted to the building itself, not an article about an area that mentions the building in passing.
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Cheers, thought it was worth asking 
Here’s my entry for:
4. A tractor working in a field
I claim two bonus points for:
- Bonus if there is more than one tractor working in the same field
- Bonus if there is a combine harvester working in the same field.
I’m also playing a joker for five additional bonus points:
- A video (at normal speed), minimum 30 seconds, maximum 60 seconds. The video can be one continuous shot or separate takes edited together
Date/Time: August 10th, at around 4pm.
Drone: DJI Mini 4 Pro
Location: Just outside Cairneyhill, Scotland
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Three points for the subject and two bonuses - shame the tractors were both John Deeres.
And five points for your wee video.
(You can get closer to the subjects if you wish 
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8 points total
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Doesn’t look it, but the wind was gusting just about on the edge of where I was comfortable with the Mini, and my TOAL spot was on the grass verge beside a busy A985. Up, get the points, down, walk (carefully) a half-mile along the verge back to where I’d abandoned the car 
I shall try to do better for the rest 
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In previous years I’ve created a spreadsheet to track the treasure hunt subjects. It’s okay for when I’m sitting at home planning, but if I’m out and about it’s useless. So I decided to give Apple Reminders a try this year. Much more convenient… I thought I’d share the tip for any other iPhone users out there who have sieve-brains like mine and need a quick go-to reminder of why they’ve just spent an hour driving somewhere.
Apparently sub-reminders has been a thing in Apple Reminders since iOS 13… I just discovered it a few days ago thanks to my fat fingers accidentally dragging things about in my shopping list.
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Impressive!
Beats our scraps of paper and tired old post-it notes
And Ian @DroneGeek - although he isn’t competing this year because of ill-health - doubtless has his own spreadsheet/scoresheet on the go.
Get well soon Ian!
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Not yet dug it out - other priorities, but I ought to.
Heck if I can fly I might even submit one image - to get that badge!
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Some great pics in so far
Only getting back from offshore on Wednesday so hoping to get out flying and take part in my 1st birthday treasure hunt
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look foirward to you joining, don’t think you g=have missed much, the weather has been a wee bit unco-operative so far 
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Sorry to be a little bit late this evening, our regular cartoonist has left in a huff and our new AI Artist may need some fine tuning; here’s his/her/its first attempt.
It won’t have affected the Challenge though - Click the Pic™ to check the latest scores
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1. A construction site
19:30, 11 Aug 25
Somercotes, Alfreton
DJI Mini 3 Pro
Bonus Claimed for Yellow Telehandler
Joker Claimed for my first ever (and frankly awful) Hyperlapse
I’m guessing I set the waypoints to close together, either way I need to get out and practice hyperlapses a lot more !!!
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Agreed - it is awful But it gets you five points. And it seems as if you are going to try another hyperlapse or two - that is part of the reason for this Challenge - to get out and try things you may not have tried before.
When this ordeal is over we will be running the RTF Challenge - the Reason To Fly - a subject selected by the competitors from a selection of subjects previously suggested by themselves and the resulting photos judged by the GADC membership. Give it a try when it’s announced!
So - Joker 5 points, construction site one point, yellow telehandler (choice of two!) one point, seven tiotal
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I’ll keep an eye out for the RTF Hyperlapse challenges in the future, Love t hat the RTFs and this give me a reason to push myself to do more than just fly around randomly, so thank you.
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8. A Landscape not in the county in which I live
Taken with Mini 3 Pro, Thursday 7/08/2025, approximately 11.45am , North Antrim Coast
The Hidden Village of Galboly, Co. Antrim
Bonus point for an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) aka National Landscape or NSA (Scotland) 
Antrim Coast & Glens AONB
Bonus point for a normal still and a 360 degree panorama (hosted on Kuula)
Bonus point for a lake or similar body of water in the foreground 
Bonus point if a building with its own Wikipedia entry is clearly visible in the picture (supply a link)
The village does have an interesting history, but it is not listed on wikipedia
A screenshot of your existing or newly added Members’ Map entry is required
Three points please.
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My entry…
5. A water-borne vessel
Hovertravel - Ryde to Southsea.
The worlds only hovercraft passenger service.
10/8/2025
Time : 12:21pm
DJI Mini 4 Pro
Bonus point for a clearly visible wake. 
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Nice to see your first entry, Paul and thanks for the link. Shame it’s not in Wikipedia.
3 points to you.
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