The Great Big GADC 6th Birthday and Treasure Hunt Challenge!

Challenges
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Old style telephone Box (in a large country garden)

Cholesbury Rd, Tring HP23 6PD
Taken 10:19am 28th July 2023
mini 3 pro

Telephone (large garden)
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How many points are you claiming Barrie?

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

Your photo or video - entries should consist of single still images unless otherwise specified.
Subject and bonus items being claimed must be clearly visible.
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.
Any other information that has been requested or a link to it.

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25A

2 points please or extra as I have got it right this time :grinning:

B

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This is how it’s done :slight_smile:

25. A Telephone Box

  • Bonus point if it’s the old-style red box (K2 or K6).

2 points please
10:19am 28th July 2023
Cholesbury Rd, Tring HP23 6PD Mini 3 Pro

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@MA2flyer
2 points awarded :slight_smile:

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Checks the distance to Yarrow Road…

526 mile round trip

Decides there must be a closer example :rofl: :rofl:

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@group-challenges

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With the properties on either side already having solar panels Hubert decided to take drastic measures on his own roof in pursuit of a bonus point

Click the Pic™ to see the latest scores!

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Thanks, praise will get you everywhere :wink:

Defeated? No. Deterred? Yes.

Maths puzzles I love, but I have always loathed (detested, despised and hated) cryptic puzzles. Go figure :man_shrugging: I guess people are just wired different. I simply do not enjoy cryptic clues.

For me, there are 2 pre-requisites for the Birthday Comp; (a) a lot of planning, and (b) some flying. But with the introduction of cryptic clues, it seems like an additional pre-requisite – which I happen to be crap at :man_facepalming:

Anyone who’s participated in the Birthday Comps before will know, if you are in it to win it – or at least to end in the top 3, you cannot afford to lose any points. And with 6 of points now being cryptic, that is 6 points down before I begin. And the last thing I want to be doing is for asking for help, I just don’t like doing that :+1:

Granted, I am the minority. Of course, I know this. But equally, I am not shy about providing feedback either :man_bowing:

Obviously, I hope everyone else thoroughly enjoys the comp, whether they are participating or simply watching with interest. I shall be one of the latter :popcorn:

And besides, there are lots of other ongoing comps to keep me busy; Calendar Pilots, RTF, F&F, etc.

Good luck pal :+1:

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4. A Graveyard

  • Bonus point if there is a mausoleum.
  • Bonus point if there is someone famous (which most people would have heard of, not just a local celebrity) buried in the graveyard (wikilink or photo of the gravestone or similar for proof).

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Arnos Vale Cemetery
Mausoleum of Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Several notable people buried there.

Mini 3 Pro - 28/07/2023

3 points claimed

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Interesting choice, Ian. Although we aren’t sure that he is generally well kent we can’t argue with a full Wikipedia article and a blue plaque commemorating the man at his once home in Bedford Square.

3 points to you!

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Thanks :slight_smile: That is why I also included a link to

I thought hopefully one would be known :rofl:

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Tbh not a single one, had you ?

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This is the issue with famous people, especially buried ones as they tend to be from a previous generation.

Therefore to your grandparents they would have been known, I guess.

However Raja Ram Mohan Roy would be known to the Indian community, but again probably the senior members.

Although wasn’t Müller involved in yoghurt and Mary Carpenter was a singer? :joy:

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  1. A Castle

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Lincoln Castle Lincolnshire taken 1955 28th July 2023 DJI Mini3 Pro

Bonus point claimed if it was built pre-1350.- -Built during late 11 century

Bonus point claimed for flying a flag. -3 flags flying 2, Lincolnshire county flags and union Jack flag

Bonus point claimed for having an entry in Wikipedia
Lincoln Castle - Wikipedia

Total 4 points claimed

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Ahh… so, here’s a little tip to save everybody else the headache I’ve been having this week:

If you’re typing all the subjects in to a spreadsheet to track, try to focus on it (for example, don’t be doing it whilst waiting in CoD lobbies for the next game to start). That way you’ll be less likely to type ‘articulated’ when the word is ‘agricultural’.

Wouldn’t have been so bad, except articulated tractors are an actual (but rare here) thing!

The kicker is that they were out harvesting in a field less than a mile from my house a couple of days ago - three agricultural tractors and a combine. :man_facepalming:

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And 4 points awarded :slight_smile:

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14. A Tower Crane

Aircraft: Happymodel Mobula7 HD Cinewhoop

Location: 51.398881, -0.182009

crane_tower (Cropping is allowable.)

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One point please.
(Subject and bonus items being claimed must be clearly visible ?)

fpv

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We are assuming that you took this either today or yesterday, Cropping is allowable (as is getting closer to the subject :slight_smile: )

Of course in the cropped picture the subject and bonuses must be distinguishable. If asked for a picture of a sailing boat with a blue hull the picture below would be rejected!

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One point added to your score

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today.

It is preferred to state when I took the photo (or have a newspaper in shot :slight_smile: ) ?

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When you post the photo or video just add the date taken. We sometimes check exif data if we are unsure about something but not all pictures give up their secrets that easily :slight_smile: