Hoggs

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!

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

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

OOH! When people will get stuff and I remember, scores will be updated here!

welcome aboard @Isla and @veracocha

You can post it but you won't get any points lol

Number 1 it is

Welcome! And there will be a post with more info and a thread for questions and I'm always (ish) about for messaging! You'll get it in no time!!!!

10 regions done! 2 to go!

Are you going to be difficult all year?

Wow Hoggs, I hear you say, registration up already??? Does that mean you have done all the tags for next year??? Ha! No. But people wanting to do it will spur me on. so sign up! SIGN UP NOW! DO IT DO IT! For you old hands you know how it works and various other threads will pop up along the way. For the new shiny players - Hi! Welcome! So you probably want to know how it works right? Job number 1: Sign up here - pick a unique number of 3 digits or less, first come first served. Same number, different number, I don't care. Post below with your request and you will get added to this post. (hey, I hear you say, how come @JRH already has a number?? He has a lot of dirt on me. Also, are you allowed to play as you set it?? Check out my previous year scores I can assure you it is not a fix) The list of awesome will be posted up on the evening of the 31st but entries will not be accepted before the 1st. Side bets on who will win first post out of JRH and @CB999 will be accepted whilst requesting your number. You will be required to take a picture of you in bike gear / your bike with your number visible in front of the location and post in the relevant picture thread to score points. Although I am pretty chill on how much of either need to be in the picture and if you forget your number creative alternatives will be accepted. This is a compulsory fun based activity You will get 10 points per picture and 50 bonus points for completing a set (sets are colour coded by region and there are a couple bonus categories) As before if you can name your pictures with the tag reference that makes my life easier and it normally takes me the whole year to get over setting this so don't make me sadder. Like a Christmas miracle the map link will appear after dark on the 31st December (hopefully). As usual there will be a discussion thread for you to argue with me in Wow sounds amazing sign me up I hear you cry! Is there a prize for the winner? Yes a low res jpg of a trophy, I spoil you I really do. Mawsley - 00 Peepae - 1 Hoggs - 04 JRH - 9 oudafuq - 11 charlie_580 - 21 rennie- 24 Mickly- 35 Bungleaio - 40 Fiddlesticks - 42 oldgrump - 53 Trooper74 - 057 Throttled - 57 ½ veracocha - 59 Russgas 067 Nick the Wanderer - 73 Bonio - 77 Grumpy old git - 114 Ian Frog - 256 Teo63 - 262 Simon Davey - 292 isla - 350 RigsVille - 404 Joe85 - 821 _amw_ - 864 CB999 - 900 peatear - 963

jesus demanding little buggers aren't you

Maybe

Hey hey Yes. I'm attempting to start on it now but it will inevitably be panic on the 28th like every other year

.... I mean... OK well if you swear on this piece of cheese you did go I'll give you the points

Yeah totally updating the scores when I said I would.... @oldgrump 1790 Storms back into the lead!! (background booing) @teo63 - 970 A solid second!! @Fiddlesticks - 785 Somehow I seem to have given you oily rag twice so I'm trusting you are accurate in your scoring as I can't be bothered to see what I have missed lol @ANDY_FZS600 - 610 great first season!!! @Mickly - 610 points amended as per cheese promise. I seem to be missing Knightshayes Gardens National Trust? This will give you 10 + completion for 610 if you have it to hand! @JRH - 465 @CB999 - 440 @Throttled - 230 @RigsVille - 190 @Grumpy Old Git - 180 @Tigs - 80 @rennie - 80 @Pie man - 20 NEW ENTRY Some weirdo called Hoggs - 20 Still a few weeks to go for anyone brave enough (or those with heated everything!)

amazing!!

OK guys.... think this is the final table... NOT LAST!! BOOYEAH!!! 1 SuzukiRF 3,091.75 2 Zellan Racing 2,875.50 3 Upsidedownguys 2,701.00 4 Hoggs' Hooners 2,568.75 5 rennie 2,554.25 Well done @JackieOWheels I graciously pass you my crown

tbf Alex manages to mess it up enough on his own