Hoggs

2 hours ago, JRH said:

@Hoggs quick question. Is a cafe/pub "fifteen " usable for a 1 or 5. We all know fifteen is 1&5 so?
I know I am being a bit “creative” with this.

it's a no from me

 

If it was cafe one five then yes

3 hours ago, Throttled said:

 

Happy to give you six easy suggestions;

 

Traditional Manx Cottage, Cranstal Rd, IOM, 9JRF+59

IOM Motor Museum, Jurby, IOM, 9F5H+R5

The footbridge at the Bungalow, A18, 7G2P+JP2

Cafe Bar Two Six, Airport Way, Derbyhaven, Ballasalla, IOM, 39MP+6J

Peel Castle, West Quay, Peel, IOM 68G2+CM

Murray's Motorcycle Museum, Main Road, IM4 1EN, IOM

amazing, bonus hoggs points to you! 

6 hours ago, Throttled said:

Does that mean the Cafe Bar Two Six I found by accident can be used as either a two or a six? Then I get tactical and see which number makes more sense to use.

Sure

1 hour ago, Throttled said:

 on the Isle of Man to do the tags here. 

oh man that means I'll need to do new ones next year

20 hours ago, Fiddlesticks said:

Oh no! I've just realised that the owners of the. Grand Million* have spelled their name wrong!

They've gone and written the Grand Millon.

 

(I'll just take the grand.)

 

*Turns out my logic was not as inarguable as I thought

every days a learning day 

@teo63 @Fiddlesticks yeah be creative! I want people to have fun and I know out in the sticks it can get tricky so as long as an effort is made I'm down with it

24 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Git said:

Just checking that we can use 'Three' as well as '3' (I am slightly OCD).

I will accept numbers in written, Arabic and roman formats! 

58 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Git said:

By 'numbers' I assume three bells is acceptable?

Well three is a number.....

@Fiddlesticks Snoutwood Trotters is great

11 minutes ago, Mickly said:

Oh FFS .. I’d planned to get that one !!

soz, I only thought about it a few days after I'd posted up the rules. 

7 minutes ago, Mawsley said:

 

*because infinity isn’t a number

 

confirmed! no infinitiesiesies allowed! 

15 minutes ago, Mawsley said:

I. 
 

Will. 
 

Cry. 

OK guys looks like challenge closed Mawsley is victorious 

 

16 minutes ago, Ian Frog said:

@Mawsley has lain down an excellent gauntlet !

May I ask @Hoggs what happens if it can be beaten?

Cheers

Ian

You get a special badge*

 

 

*please note badge is virtual only and has no actual value 

41 minutes ago, Mawsley said:

 

In decades to come people will look back at this submission and marvel. Sixty Million Dave, they’ll call me. Then they’ll ask if I seriously had nothing better to do on a Saturday in January. 

Well you're currently leading the highest number challenge! And have collected a few bonus Hoggspoints along the way!! 

7 hours ago, Mawsley said:

“What’s that, Dave? You spent 24hrs working so you can go somewhere on your bike on Thursday?”

 

”Yes.”

 

”Over 300 miles in the cold and damp just so you can take a picture of your bike next to a building?”

 

”Yes.”

 

”Why?”

 

”Because it’s got a chuffing big number associated with it, that’s why.”

 

”Do you think we should call the doctor? Are you havi…”

 

”…Shut up. You don’t understand. I’ll get 10points, plus 50points for completing the set, plus a yet to be determined number of points for collecting the ultimate in large number cafes/pubs.”

 

“I’m calling the doctor - you aren’t well.”

 

“The points, Susan. It’s all about the points.”

lol this is worthy of a bonus hoggs point too

8 minutes ago, Simon Davey said:

@Hoggs

So, I'm hoping that, at some point this year it will stop raining, and I'll get out.

Which brings me to a simple question.... How long do we get, is it the whole year?

Because of work/weather, my rides out are limited to an hour every couple of weeks, more in the summer.

Cheers

Hiya, yup all year so plenty of time to get a couple here and there! 

1 hour ago, Grumpy Old Git said:

Thx Hoggs - It was a place.... My Hog Museum (Conservatory) !

then we stand corrected did you ride there on your bike?

4 minutes ago, Bungleaio said:

Just a couple of questions as I'm new and want to make sure I'm doing it right.

 

• When posting a photo do I need to geo tag where I'm taking the photo with a google map link?
• The bonus round, I get it's all things Hog related but does this count? I've interpreted the rules as being a place rather than a thing?

you don't need to geotag just (eg)

East Anglia -  warehouse antiques 

 

And I'm allowing it because I want people to have fun doing it and not get annoyed about insanity rules.... but ideally it should be an actual place

ANNOUCEMENT

 

If you end up at Charles Darwin's house points will still be awarded but you can not claim extra for going to Squerryes too! 

 

1 hour ago, oldgrump said:

Hi @Stu,  Cheers for the GPX file, hopefully this year I  might get it downloaded, as I said before crap on computers. 

 

And @Hoggs, cheers for the Tag's, The only one which is a problem for me, is Home of Charles Darwin!! It's in the ULEZ zone, and my heap of a bike ain't allowed without paying!!!!!

oh crap... hang on let me move that tag outside the m25!!!

@Bungleaio congrats on your first tag if you can put the region and tag name in the post it's helpful if I can't read the sign but this is a nice clear one! 

@Fiddlesticks you need to shout at @Stu for that

 

above my pay grade

So  @oldgrump once again managed to win this amazing challenge for a 2nd year in a row (polite applause) 

 

Remind me what I need to do…..

 

1. Go to this thread and grab yourself a unique number: 

 

 

2. Check the map here to find out where you need to go (hopefully one of these at least works for you)

 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1IZ4gLvuPeBN-Vwy1MEybWIErhlcRf7Y&usp=sharing

 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=1IZ4gLvuPeBN-Vwy1MEybWIErhlcRf7Y&ll=54.499985580759876%2C-3.1022014499999893&z=5

 

3. Take a picture of you or your bike outside the location with your number in sight (if you forget your number making one out of twigs or leaves is perfectly acceptable and encouraged)

 

4. Post that picture in this thread (this one right here!)

 

5. Update your point total (found in your profile). I will attempt to vaguely kee score as well throughout the year here 

 

6. Have fun!

 

General tags. As before there are FIFTEEN tags per mainland UK region AND because I am an idiot who listens to you ( @teo63 ) idiots the North East and West have been separated. So MORE TAGS WOO

PLUS bonus rounds in the Isle of Man, Isle of Wight and Northern Ireland (IOM and IOW are on the twenty or thirtyish roll over and are very sad no one has gone to visit them)

 

So, 10 points per tag as usual with the 50 point bonus for completed regions/bonus rounds (these are clearly separated into colour groups on the map). There will be a spreadsheet of doom again that I use to keep track (badly) of the scores. As always you can challenge my counting and I will probably make sarcastic comments before going and doing it properly  

 

So as the regular players will know we have a bonus round, last year I outdid myself with the naughty place names so this year will be an obvious disappointment. So I went full narcissism and we are having the ALL THINGS HOGGS ROUND! What the actual flubberdubs I hear you say. What do you want us to find? Well… Hogg things.. ,maybe you’re near a Hog Lane, a Hogg Street, live near Hogsthorpe, Super Sausage Cafe, Bacon Lane, a Harley Davidson dealership.. Well I think you get the point! As always I encourage you to be as creative as you can and give me a laugh with your finds! We’ll do 10 points for the first 10 with a 50 point bonus and then I’ll carry on the 5 points per additional find as I am so generous.

 

Pub Round – This gets harder every year… I think we have done every pub in the UK already so this year I am extending to pubs AND CAFES and I want to you find numbers 1 to 9 (eg. The Two Wheels, The Four Tops, The Nine Drunken Mice) for your 10th we are going WILDCARD as high as you can! Do you know a Million Mile Cafe? A Billion and Three Cats pub??? Go for it and at the end of the year the highest number wins a special prize (it’s Hoggs points so you know… don’t stress over it too much)

 

As always this thread is for PICTURES ONLY. If you want to tell me how awesome I am then you can do so here 

 

For the new arrivals the discussion thread can also be used if a tag is no longer actually there. It may surprise you, but I don’t actually physically go to the places.. I fly there through Google maps. And sometimes it hasn’t been updated. In the event of a “dead tag” I will find a suitable replacement. If the establishment has just changed its name please advise of the new name, the file will be updated and points awarded.

 

This year we’re a bit heavy on garden centres as they have a great habit of being where I want a tag, easy to find, big sign and generally they have cafes and toilets so YOU’RE WELCOME!

 

 

GO!! GO!! GO!!

Challenge 100 2024.gpx

3 minutes ago, RideWithStyles said:

Do we have to ask you?

 

Yes I am judge, jury and executioner  

Have a question? ASK IT HERE!

 

Want to tell me I am awesome? DO IT HERE!

 

Want to bitch and moan about something? DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE