#2 Lake or Reservoir, + bonus of jetty.
Llandegfedd Reservoir, Coed-y-paen, Pontypool, taken 24/07
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number 6 Sun reflecting on Forge Pond in by Blaenavon shot 24/07/19 with clouds too
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#9 A castle, +bonus of a moat.
White Castle, Abergavenny, taken 24/07
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Number 25. Big Pit National Coal Museum and More shot 24/07/19
Original opened in 1880 as a working mine.
Big Pit National Coal Museum (Welsh: Pwll Mawr Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru) is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 under the auspices of the National Museum of Wales. The site is dedicated to operational preservation of the Welsh heritage of coal mining, which took place during the Industrial revolution.
Located adjacent to the preserved Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, Big Pit is part of the Blaenav...
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White castle Near Abergavenny with moat shot 24/07/19
http://www.castlewales.com/white.html
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LLandegfedd Reservoir Near Pontypool with Jetties shot 24/07/19
www.llandegfedd.co.uk
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Flipping heck @MementoMori you don’t half get around …!
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@craigevo @MementoMori are we expecting an dual dronie shot or just a coincidence that you were there on the same day!
Item 18 Windmill (bonus point for sails)
Halnaker Windmill, West Sussex taken 24/7/2019
Halnaker Windmill is a tower mill which stands on Halnaker Hill, northeast of Chichester, Sussex, England. The Mill is reached by a public footpath from the north end of Halnaker, where a track follows the line of Stane Street before turning west to the hilltop. There is no machinery in the brick tower. At one time, you could use it for shelter, but no longer. Fifty feet away, however, is a WWII strongpoint that will shelter you from wind and rain.
Halnaker Mill was first mentioned in 1540 a...
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Yeah, got back from Cornwall Monday afternoon and then was on the road at 5.30 for a 100 mile outing today.
We were hoping to get a few more but were stuck for ideas and didn’t want to push the boundaries too far on others.
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Well, only if he doesn’t beat you in the GADC 2nd Annual Birthday Competition
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I’ll hide his remote for his Spark
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Leaderboard updated!
Welcoming @craigevo to the competition, and @JoeC with his 161 wind turbines
@MementoMori leaps up to join @stevesb in joint 3rd place
And @BrianB moves up to join @sunstone in joint 7th
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JoeC
24 July 2019 21:14
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Tonight’s sunset through multiple trees, including a nice old pine.
Where: My garden, Ayrshire.
GADC_Committee:
Sunrise or Sunset, rising or setting through multiple trees (Example )
– Taken at a minimum height of 5m
– Bonus point if they are pine trees
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JoeC
24 July 2019 21:42
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Wallace’s Monument, Ayrshire
Taken this evening @ 20:50
Wallace's Monument, the Wallace Tower, or the Barnweil Monument (NS 240655 629488) is a category-A-listed building dedicated to the memory of William Wallace located on Barnweil Hill (153 m or 503 ft), a prominent location in the parish of Craigie, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
The Wallace Monument is a picturesque Gothic structure and is in a prominent situation, built to commemorate William Wallace at the time of an upsurge in the Scottish desire for self-determination, predating the 1869 Walla...
GADC_Committee:
Monument
– Bonus point if you provide a Wikipedia link to said monument
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Monument with a wiki link. Captain Cook monument, taken today 24th July 2019
Easby Moor is a hill located in the civil parish of Little Ayton in the North York Moors national park within the Cleveland Hills, North Yorkshire, England. At the peak, at 324 metres (1,063 ft) above sea level, is a monument to Captain James Cook, who was native to the area. The Cleveland Way runs over the moor. The moor overlooks the villages of Easby and Great Ayton and the hamlet of Little Ayton.
The moor was the scene of an air crash during the Second World War. At 4:10 a.m. on 11 Februa...