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Challenge 8 Service Station ( with the risk of plagiarising others entries
Gloucester South Services M5
Attached Farm Shop
Coffee Shop
Full points claimed please.
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Mine was North so you are fine 
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I started this one earlier but didn’t get time to finish now I look bad lol.
Taken with a dji mini3 pro at Gloucester Services Southbound yesterday the 24th Aug 23 at 14:46
3 points for a full house please
- A Service Station must have a café as well as fuel
- Bonus point for the coffee shop not being Costa or Starbucks. it’s Westmorland coffee
- Bonus point if there is another attraction attached such as a farm shop or garden centre (a photo or web link is required for proof). it’s a very expensive lol farm shop
These services will be thinking they have a drone problem lol, would like to claim 3 points please
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Deja Vu
3 points
We are still interested in knowing the aircraft used …
- Which, if any, bonus points relating to that objective you are claiming.
- The location from where the picture was taken and the aircraft used.
Deja Vu encore une fois!
But seeing as most logo’s on containers are on the side, and seeing as they are stacked tightly side by side, I feel, this one is the “Impossible challenge”. Where’s a flier going to see 15 of these in a line, far less take a photo of them
Who said that?
Full points claimed please
We realise you haven’t been participating for a couple of weeks, John but we prefer you to tell us exactly which bonuses you are claiming - the easiest way is to just copy and paste then delete any bonus you didn’t achieve:
21. Intermodal Containers - six or more (shipping containers)
- Bonus point for more than 15.
- Bonus point for all one colour and logo.
- Bonus point for all being 40-foot dry freight (general purpose) ISO containers.
On a freight train through the countryside 
You would only know they are on a freight train if you know the area otherwise they look like they are just lined up in a depot.
Deja Vu encore several fois!
Trois points to you 
Right then Challenges Committee. Drone used for all aerial shots is a DJI Mini 3 Pro ( indoor shots of the service station were taken on my phone) bonus points claimed for having a cafe, and fuel station, added attraction ( farm shop) and coffee place not Costa or Starbucks)
Container ones bonus for more than 15, bonus for all one colour and logo and bonus for all being 40ft dry freight. Thankyou . Took me hours of travelling to get these shots ( visiting my sister in Monmouth for the weekend. M6 was a car park for an hour. M42 was 1st gear for about 10 miles, the wife had to suffer me effing and blinding at the cars in front 
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Thanks for that, it may seem pedantic but it does make our job a little easier to have information presented to us rather than having to search it out ourselves
Never fun travelling on weekends in the school holidays 
Yep, sorry about that. I shall remember tomorrow ( if I get the shots needed for another challenge or two. 
Ooh while I remember, when I was travelling westward on the M42 a van on the opposite carriageway came along towing a RIB boat/ dinghy, shortly followed by a car with two canoes on the roof ( one of which was yellow) I also passed loads of construction vehicles. Could have got an excavator, dump truck and a dozer in the same shot.
The skill is being able to launch the drone through the sunroof whilst travelling at 60mph
It fails at 70 mph btw!
(I am joking before anyone believes me!)
all on realtime trains
Eurocentral, South Lanarkshire - Mini 3 Pro - 25/08/2023 @ 14:25
Sorry guys, Tesco again lol I make it 19 Tesco blue containers. Claiming 4 points please.
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Opentrain times is better, also I work there occasionally (I work on the railway)
Telehandler, Eurocentral freight yard, South Lanarkshire - Mini 3 Pro - 25/08/23 - 14:30
I claim 3 points please. Do I get a bonus point for the second telehandler
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On the M42, you’d be lucky to hit 12mph, especially on a bank holiday friday!