The Grey Arrows 3rd Annual Birthday Competition and Treasure Hunt

If the two photos are taken in the same vicinity, one of “XYZ Lake” and the other in “XYZ Lake Car Park” (or a car park that has close ties to the lake, in as much as it’s where people park to use the lake and its facilities), then these would be considered as “the same location”.

Eg. A previous submission - “A Brewery” and “A VW Camper Van” that was parked in the brewery car park - the latter being disallowed.

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Perfect, thank you!

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I’d say it’s just not worth the risk mate, best advice I could offer is to stop all together. Your entries upto date have been amazing and we are all very grateful for your taking part :wink::grimacing::joy::joy: just enjoy your week without the stress of any more photos or videos :relaxed::wink::joy:

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shotgun the head end

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@Steviegeek can have the arse :peach: and I’ll take the videos. :wink:

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Maybe I’m just working out which photos I’ve already taken I should actually submit :laughing:

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kvetner only 2 per day if i remember the rules right

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Just delete them mate, always a good idea to free up hard drive space :relaxed: For the photos and videos that really matter :+1:t4::joy:

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I agree, :grin:

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:thinking:

This “deleting” everything could catch on.

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:scream::sob:

This photo was taken in the early afternoon on Sunday, and is Colemere Vineyard, near Ellesmere in Shropshire. After planting their vines seven years ago, 2020 was due to be the year they finally started selling some wine. Covid has caused delays in bottling, but you can still sign up for six bottles as a Friend of the vineyard for (just) £120 per year.

And this is me drinking a glass of wine at the vineyard, although one of Sainsbury’s cheapest, not one of Colemere’s own!

Or as a “pic” if preferred:

Cheers!

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This is Colemere, a lake near Ellesmere in Shropshire, photographed early on Sunday afternoon.

As well as being used by small sailing boats, it’s the only place in England where you can find the Least Water-Lily. I learned this from the park ranger who stopped me to interrogate me about my permissions for drone flying (Shropshire Council do have a policy against drones at country parks and heritage sites, but I didn’t know that). He was an r.c. model aircraft flier, so at least we had a good chat about that.

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Calm down @kvetner :man_facepalming:t4: If you need me to run through the delete procedure I’m happy to :+1:t4:

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Oh it’s ok, only two per day, so time for a rest now :wink:

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Well, My Bank Holiday weekend plans to get at least 5 more treasures was scuppered, like all the best plans…
This time the weather was great… But my car blew a spark plug (I found out this morning, when the garage opened) on Saturday. So, if the weather holds tomorrow, I might be able to get another 2 or 3 in, but not all 5 I’d planned on! Dagnammit!

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I’ve just wasted a day and a tank and a half of diesel driving round the Hampshire coalfields trying to find a repurposed mine. But they are all thriving, In fact recreational lakes and wheatfields are being repurposed as mines to feed the insatiable hunger for steam coal for all the county’s preserved railways.

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Claiming 2 points please

Uploading: DJI_0089-01.jpeg…

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If two pictures are taken from the same location, for example from a flat, wide area of public footpath then one at least will be disqualified as the same three-dimensional space has been used for dissimilar photographs.

Understood.

But what if they have been taken, say, fourteen days apart? That is certainly not the same four-dimensional space. Is that allowable?

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21: A train entering/exiting a tunnel
Claiming 2 points please, powered by a steam locomotive
Severn Valley Railway, the 10:45 from Kidderminster
14th August at 10:50
Take Off Location: 52.368149, -2.282482

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