The Great Big GADC 7th Birthday Challenge and Treasure Hunt!

What a shame there white :rofl:

• Bonus for not being yellow, white or red

@Kirky

An’ when tha’s dun wi’playing wi’t’lads oop north cam darn sarf an’ ave’ a butchers at all these RIBS wot the WAFIs 'ave got!

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I said to my mate earlier some of these colours / tasks being asked are down by the sea side I reckon :joy:
I think hoping tomorrow goes accordingly :crossed_fingers:
I might have to change my strategy & you’ve seen how well that works when entering the prize comps :rofl:

4. A bridge
One bonus point for each item shown underneath the bridge in your picture:

  • Road - a lane or more in opposite directions - The A4
  • Railway - standard gauge - Left bank of river going into a tunnel under the West Tower of the Bridge
  • River - marked as such on Google Maps or Ordnance Survey (proof required) - River Avon.

All showing on Google Maps.

Taken this evening 29th July 20:43 with Mini 4 Pro.

Claim 4 points please.

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12. A tower

  • Bonus for not being a church or castle tower Neither
  • Bonus for being a listed building (see note *1 - proof required) Grade II - Proof in link
  • Bonus for being the subject of a Wikipedia article (link required) Link below

Cabot Tower Bristol -

Taken this evening 29th July 21:11 with Mini 4 Pro.

Claim 4 points please.

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4 points.

You might be interested to know that the idea for this subject came from looking at this very section of Google Maps while researching something else entirely :slight_smile:

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And four points for the Cabot Tower.

M74 at Bothwell Services - Mavic 3 Classic - 29/07/2024 22:41 - 5 secs at f2.8, 100iso.
I claim a total of 3pts please.

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3 points.

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  1. Birthday Rainbow Quickshots - easy subjects- although they must be taken on or after the specified start date.

Week 2 Starting July 28th - 6 or more Orange boats in one shot
Drone used DJI MINI 3 Pro
Location Kinver
Time / Date 29 July 2024 at 2.30pm

Claiming 1 point

After being laughted at over and over again phoning people. Finally someone said, yes we have orange boats. Told us where. Lucky we got there early as there were all ages going off in them and did not really want a karen or ken telling us … You can not take pictures.

After they all got in the boats the organisers went back to the pub (I guess hoping the same amount of people come back that went).

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  1. Birthday Rainbow Quickshots - easy subjects- although they must be taken on or after the specified start date.

Week 2 Starting July 28th - 6 or more Orange boats in one shot

Drone used DJI Mini 3 Pro
Kinver Canal
29th July 2024 2:30pm

Claiming 1 point please

Finally found Orange boats after we were ringing round places most of the morning lol

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  1. A National Trust (or Scottish / NI equivalent) property - TOAL from non-NT land please!
    Evidence may be required

    Bonus for a Wikipedia entry regarding the property
    Bonus for a lake in the picture.

Drone used DJI mini 3 Pro

Time / Date 29th July 2024 @ 4.32pm

Location Wightwick Manor And Gardens in Wolverhampton
Claiming

+1 National Trust
+1 Wikipedia Entry
+1 Lake

3 points in total

So as everyone is aware NT are a pain. So after looking around we found a little layby opposive the pedestrian entrance on the other side of the road. Nasty traffic jam but managed to get a photo of the entrance between passing cars with the drone just after take off.

The take off location was here (Not on NT Land)

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  1. A National Trust (or Scottish / NI equivalent) property - TOAL from non-NT land please!**
    Evidence may be required

Bonus for a Wikipedia entry regarding the property
Bonus for a lake in the picture.

Drone Used DJI Mini 3 Pro
29th July 2024 4:32pm
Wightwick Manor and Gardens Wolverhampton

Found a layby outside of the National Trust Location for TOAL as seen below…

This is the National Trust Property, (1 point)
With a Lake (1 point)

Wikipedia Entry (1 point)

Claiming 3 Points

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Russ and Sarah - we are rejecting your entry for orange boats. We are happy that they are boats - any watercraft you can sit in is acceptable as a boat - tugboat, Mersey ferry, pedalo. Watercraft where you have to stand - windsurfer, paddleboard - are not.

But we do not consider red and yellow boats to be orange in the same way that we remain unconvinced that a black and white zebra is grey.

So you are free to find some truly orange boats and resubmit photographs.

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You have never seen a worn out zebra.

Ok this morning we received news from a location that claims they have orange boats. Upon them getting back to us we will be travelling. If I see a grey zebra I will let you know. Cheers.

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Sarah and Russ

We accept your picture of Wightwick Manor but we will not allow the bonus for a lake in the picture.

The wiki article supplied as proof makes no mention of lakes in the grounds. The National Trust website for Wightwick Manor also does not mention lakes, instead referring to the two bodies of water as pools.

There is no clear defining line between lake and pond, true, but Wiki gives the commonly accepted definition of a lake being at least 5 hectares in size. We measured both bodies of water on Google Earth being generous and treating them as one but even with our best endeavours the combined area was just slightly over one-quarter of a hectare.

So two points each for your Wightwick Manor photos.

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Thank you. Q. Can I get a hose pipe to reach there and make it biger before the end of the challenge? Only a little flood

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Thank you, in all honesty I did not realise a difference, or think of it being a pool. We live and learn lol

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Fentons machine & plant hire theale Reading Berkshire
30,07,2024 @10,40 am
DJI Mavic 3 classic
Found this by shear luck whilst eyeing up the builders merchants next door, I also obtained permission from the company when I see this.

Claiming 4 points please :slightly_smiling_face:

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Challenges Committee are being strict this year ! :flushed:

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