The Great Big GADC 5th Birthday and Treasure Hunt Challenge!

[Challenges_Committee]

Thank you for the clarification. 3 points added!

[stevesb]

16. An isolated tower (NOT a wind turbine tower)

• No other structure or buildings within 150m.
• Drone Scene entry

Claiming all three points
Isolated tower
no other “building or structure” within 150m (the portacabin/container is temporary while they renovate)
Drone scene entry

Where can I fly my drone in the UK? - Jubilee tower Darwen - Historic Buildings in North West (dronescene.co.uk)
hope this helps.

Taken with the mini 3 on 23/07/22 at 08:02

[Challenges_Committee]

“Sigh,”

“Fire up the computer lads, some silly bugger has just put a close up of an isolated tower on the thread. One of you will have to study the satellite pictures and check if there is anything within 150 metres”

“No need guv, he’s put the photo showing the surroundings on Drone Scene and posted the close up image in the Challenge thread !”

“FMOBB! When will they learn that we don’t want beautifully composed pictures, we want to see the items that make up the subject and bonuses! Give him his three points then …”

“Sigh …”

[stevesb]

24. A Marina (for boats) - website or guidebook showing name includes “Marina”

• Both sailing boats and power boats moored to the jetties
• Drone Scene entry
  
  

Claiming 3 points
marina with both sail boats and power boats
website with name “Marina”
Drone scene

Preston Marina – Where the city meets the sea

Where can I fly my drone in the UK? - Preston Docks - Rivers and Canals in North West (dronescene.co.uk)

taken with the Mini 3 on 23/07/22 at 09:06

[Challenges_Committee]

Steve, thank you for submitting these beautiful pictures.

Could you also submit them in accordance with the rules?

1. To enter an item for the Challenge you need to make a post in this thread containing:

   Your photo or video - entries should consist of single images unless otherwise specified for the subject being captured
   The number and name of the objective it relates to
   Which, if any, bonus points relating to that objective you are claiming
   The location from where the picture was taken and the aircraft used
   The link to the newly published information in Drone Scene (if required as a bonus)
   Any other information that has been requested or a link to it

Unless otherwise specified the image must be a still image as it came from the camera,

We are sure your fellow contestants would love to know which aircraft was used as it appears to add a decorative frame to your picture

[stevesb]

@Challenges_Committee

FMOBB! When will they learn that we don’t want beautifully composed pictures, we want to see the items that make up the subject and bonuses! Give him his three points then …”

whats FMOBB?
did the close up so you could see it was a portacabin opps!

[Challenges_Committee]

… My Old Brown Boots.

An exclamation of annoyance, surprise or frustration.

[stevesb]

Updated
please forgive me im old and decrepit but occasionally i get excited like a little kid at Christmas and forget what im supposed to be doing, or where i live or or or
F it sorry.

[Dren]

4. A Military site of either World War - wiki or website proof to be posted with your image

• Used in First World War but at no point used for military purposes in the Second
• Aviation use in either war
• Run as a tourist attraction (website or wiki entry to prove)
• Gate guardian (an aircraft or vehicle “standing guard” at the entrance}
• Drone Scene entry
  Stow Marie’s Airfield, used in First World War only for decommissioned by 2nd war. Added to Drone scene map.
  Web site www.stowmaries.org.uk
  Is a museum or tourist attraction, Brown signposts from main road, no gate guardian found.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I’m guessing 4 points?
  Military base in WW1. Airfield, museum & web address =4

[Challenges_Committee]

5 points Adrian…

A military site
Used only in WW1
Aviation use
Tourist attraction
Drone Scene entry (we prefer a clickable link mind, rather than a screenshot).

[D0c.Col]

My Entry for:
17. A Quarry, sand or gravel pit

Still in use for original purpose
Dragline excavator
Drone Scene entry

Hanson Aggregates Pottal Pool Quarry.
They supply aggregates for a variety of construction uses including ready-mixed concrete production, pre-cast concrete, brick and block manufacture and asphalt production. They also produce specialist sands for glass making, horticulture, agriculture and leisure. They are also able to offer an extensive range of specialist aggregate products, including: industrial sands, agricultural lime, SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) aggregates, and sea defence aggregates.

Drone scene added:

Hanson Aggregates Pottal Pool Quarry

Mini 2 photo take 23/07/22 at @ 1300hrs
Claiming 4 points.

[D0c.Col]

Sorry about that! If you’d have typed in Trentham Tower in Google Maps it comes up with the tower (I put the location in as a local guide). You can see its in the middle of nowhere but I would have provided proof if the rules called for it.

[Challenges_Committee]

Thanks for the entry Colin. Before we score your entry can you please point out the Dragline Excavator as we are having a little trouble locating it?
For reference this is the kind of machinery we are looking for

[D0c.Col]

Don’t think they use the big stuff. I’ll find out. I think they use mainly dozers and dredgers. Take a point off if cant confirm.

[Challenges_Committee]

@D0c.Col

Don’t think they use the big stuff. I’ll find out. I think they use mainly dozers and dredgers. Take a point off if cant confirm.

Thanks for the reply Colin but if its not in the submitted image we cannot award the point. We will input your entry to the system for 3 points scored (minus 1 point for Dragline Excavator)

[ximi]

Paull Holme Tower (Paull Holme Tower - Wikipedia)
Mini 2 23/7/22

16. An isolated tower (NOT a wind turbine tower)

• No other structure or buildings within 150m.
• Drone Scene entry

I claim 3 points for:

• An isolated tower (NOT a wind turbine tower)
• No other structure or buildings within 150m (The buildings in the background are >150m away according to Google Earth)
• Drone Scene entry

Paull Holme Tower - Added to Historic Buildings in Yorkshire and the Humber

I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene: [image] Land owner permission requirements unknown. The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 23/07/2022. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.

[ximi]

Cowden Caravan Holiday Park (http://www.cowdenholidaypark.com/)
Mini 2 23/7/22

22. A Static Caravan Site

• 24 or more mobile homes
• All pitches occupied
• 5 or more mobile homes with green roofs

I Claim 4 points for:

• A Static Caravan Site
• 24 or more mobile homes
• All pitches occupied
• 5 or more mobile homes with green roofs

[Challenges_Committee]

We cannot allow the claim of all pitches occupied as we have spotted several empty areas where a static caravan will have stood. Site owners often have a policy of only allowing homes up to a certain age and require replacement once the mobile home passes that age. (The site owners are often mobile home vendors too). Hence the empty slabs.

So only three points …

[ximi]

Darn … my eye sight let me down ! Mind you, if I’d used the other side of the site, I’d have missed out on the green roofs point instead!

[mynameisjoe]

@Challenges_Committee

1. A Railway signal box

• A Side-Tank engine plainly visible in shot
• Drone Scene entry

I claim 2 points for Railway Signal Box and Dronescene entry Where can I fly my drone in the UK? - Errol Station - Everything Else in Scotland

is that better @Challenges_Committee

You know how long it took me to upload that video on 0.3mb upload speed? Sheesh!!!