Hoggs

oooooooh OK the first 10 gets you 10 points each plus the bonus (50)..... but if you want to carry on going if they amuse me you can have another 5 points per additional find.

@MikeHorton dude sign up and claim some points

acceptable for either

Researching the interwebs, apparently they did lay eggs. But it's my rules so still a no

ha! no I'm disallowing it as a bird as I feel it doesn't lay eggs. You can totally have it as a mythical beast though

Have a great 2023 everyone! if you want cake there's lots of amazing opportunities to indulge in the challenge tag 2023

Hiya! I'm not allowed to mention the awesome group London Motorcycle Riders Club which can be found on groups place and has loads of lovely rides for everyone of all experience, but if I was you should check it out

alright you lot! wishing you all a happy new year and reminding you to sign up for challenge 2023

So @oldgrump smashed it last year, but not to take the shine off his glorious victory too much - the rest of you were pretty poor. I reckon you can all do better this year. 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/u/0/edit?hl=en&mid=1DlIGwEP1JLDWL35oprSRz7RUANJ8j2M&ll=53.50009851822829%2C-3.1750233499999894&z=5 https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1DlIGwEP1JLDWL35oprSRz7RUANJ8j2M&usp=sharing 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). @rennie will shout at you repeatedly if you do not do this. 6. Have fun! General tags. As before there are FIFTEEN tags per mainland UK region PLUS bonus rounds in the Isle of Man, Isle of Wight and Northern Ireland (IOM and IOW are on the fourth or fifth roll over and are very sad no one has gone to visit them) By special request the three AA Sentry Boxes that @oldgrump didn’t get last year have been rolled over to this year. HOWEVER there is no additional bonus for getting these three (just your standard 10 points per box). Of course he might find more in which case I am obliged to give him points and add these to the list for the rest of you to find. 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, and this year I awoke in the middle of the night with a frankly genius idea so *drum roll* This is year we are doing NAUGHTY PLACE NAMES! Villages, streets, a misguided local attraction – whether it’s Bell End, Shitterton or Back Passage, go find us some silly signs to make us all delight in the fact that we are all just big kids who like zooming around the country on motorbikes. Pub Round – Whilst I have no actual proof, I think you all enjoyed the vague theme of colours last year so this year we’re taking a zoological approach with... ANIMAL PUBS! – if you need adjudication then as always you can ask in the discussion thread NOT HERE! So please get me one pub from each of the below categories (and 50 point bonus when you have got all 10) 1. Dog (10 points for a pub with “dog” in, a special 10 bonus points for a specific breed) 2. Feline (cats, cougars, jaguars - go nuts however lions and leopards are NOT accepted in this category because the next one is….) 3. Big Five – as per the Safari Code (or something) any one of the following: lion, leopard, rhino, elephant or buffalo. 4. Fish (sea mammals will not be allowed so don’t argue with me over dolphins) 5. Insects (this might be tricky, but that is mainly your problem and not mine because it was quite late when I was thinking of these and I was mainly drinking wine whilst crying over finding NI Tags) 6. Equine (horses, donkeys and asses) 7. Birds (flies and lays eggs. No bats people!) 8. Rodents (rats, mice, squirrels, voles etc) 9. Mythical Beast (Unicorns, Phoenix, minotaur dig out your books on myths and legends and find me some good ones) 10. Animal Wildcard – You may find an additional pub from one of the previous categories or you can please me by finding the most random animal pub you can. Hoggs bonus points (not redeemable for tag points) are available for my favourites. As always this thread is for PICTURES ONLY. If you want to tell me how awesome I am then you can do so here Last year we had a SHOCK with @CB999 stealing the first tag from @JRH (he was miffed) so who will get literally no extra points but the first 10 which count as just those (but possibly slightly sweeter) 10 points, no one knows! But lets find out as to the surprise of EVERYONE I have managed to pull this off again. Oh and yeah, it's cafe heavy because they are easy to find on good roads and have big ole signs out front and frankly you all love the excuse to eat loads of cakes and blame me so it's a burden I'll carry. Also there might be one of two we did a few years back but I make the rules and I said it was allowed so yay. GO!! GO!! GO!! Edited by Stu to include GPX for sat nav use Challenge 100.gpx

Want to moan about a tag? Want to tell me how awesome I am? Both are welcome here but I prefer the latter. For any new players, it may surprise you but I don't actually go to all the places. I rely on the magic of google maps to try and ensure I am not sending you down any insanity roads (if your satnav does that's not on me) however it does mean that occassionally places may have closed or changed name. As long as you are in the right vicinity you're gonna get the points but if you can let me know any issues and I will rename / find a local alternative as necessary. It's all about fun, there are only a few rules and the Hoggs special rounds are open to interpretation - in fact this is actively encouraged - so enjoy yourselves getting out and about!

Please update your score in your profile. A handy list will also appear here. Occassionally. Sometimes. To update your score go to the right and click on your username click edit profile then under your profile add your score under the "Challenge score" field

ooh some new players which is exciting

Also I thought @JRH would want to play again so I signed you up

Another year ticked off already! Not as many of you out and about for the last year which I obviously took very personally so really you all need to go and get at least one this year as an apology. As always the copy and paste from the last few years below! So for those who don't know... how does this thing work? First job: 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. The list of awesome will be posted up on the evening of the 31st but entries will not be accepted before the 1st. 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. https://themotorbikeforum.co.uk/topic/47787-challenge-2023-map-and-pictures-only You will get 10 points per picture and 50 bonus points for completing a set As before if you can name your pictures with the tag reference that makes my life easier (most of you did as you are more organised than me, failure to do so will result in angry mods). Like a Christmas miracle the map link will appear after dark on the 31st December. As usual there will be a discussion thread for you to argue with me in https://themotorbikeforum.co.uk/topic/47786-challenge-2023-discussion-thread And a separate picture thread will also appear soon. (link up there) As usual no prizes for the most points other than being smug on the internet and having a lot of fun out there on your bikes which is what it's all about! Throttled - 1 Hoggs - 04 Stu - 5 JRH - 9 Rennie - 24 ANDY_FZS600 - 29 Tigs - 33 Mickly - 35 Fiddlesticks - 42 Oldgrump - 52 Trooper47 - 057 Bonio - 77 Grumpy Old Git - 114 carlosf - 222 Pie Man - 237 Ian Frog - 256 Teo63 - 262 RigsVille - 404 Exportmanuk - 500 Goat - 666 CB999 - 900

Yeah part of me was like "did I just make up tags that didn't exist??" Then I started wondering how pissed people would be if I did that against how funny I would find it.....

I only have you down as missing three (and finding at least 2 I couldnt!!) 289 372 580

Yes! ALso please be advised that any locations not vistited will be rolled over because that;s just how it works https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SsZeNkdPAkh5yIt098TwElzbzSPqmcjpOUXUfhNO1Fs/edit?usp=sharing

....yes... Next year... which I've totally started...

I'll update the spreadsheet later and link you to it so you can run analysis

I'm claiming gold as sod knows who those top 2 are

FINAL TABLE! sorry @goat turns out wasn't quite anything that could happen... 1 Remy The Gardener 1,925.5 2 RAGE 97 1,876.0 3 Hoggs' Hooners 1,847.0 4 SuzukiRF 1,821.5 5 Upsidedownguys 1,732.5 6 Zellan Racing 1,710.0 7 rennie 1,704.0 8 GreasyBean Racing 1,694.0 9 Mickly Moto 1,485.5 10 My little mule 1,414.5 11 CanTheseBonesLive 1,399.5

I don't think they've allocated race points yet so.... anything could happen!!!

it's gonna be close! think we're all wishing we'd stuck Binder in the team!!

In other news, I'm frigging livid at Ai Ogura still for binning in last race. Was looking forward to a return to the top for a Japanese rider but looks like he's spooned it, don't fancy him outscoring Fernandez by 18 points or whatever it is

jezuz just had a mild heart attack hopefully they find the points and sort it out soon! went to watch quali and thr motogp video thing seems broken as well