Hoggs Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 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 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JRH Posted January 1 Popular Post Share Posted January 1 (edited) Pubs / cafe with numbers #1 3 horseshoes Edited January 1 by JRH 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bungleaio Posted January 1 Popular Post Share Posted January 1 (edited) West midlands - Statfold country park Edited January 1 by Bungleaio I didn't know what I was doing 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Please keep to the pics and posts for the challenge, everything else will be deleted. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungleaio Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Pubs with numbers. The four oaks in Sutton Coldfield 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Pubs / cafe with numbers #2 coffee #1 west midlands #1 Upton house. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Git Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 All Things Hog: 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fiddlesticks Posted January 1 Popular Post Share Posted January 1 Pubs/Cafes #1 - Be at One Pubs/Cafes #2 - The Two Helmets (formerly the Three Bell Ends) Pubs/Cafes #3 - Three Stags Pubs/Cafes #5 - Five Bars Rest Pubs/Cafes #6 - Six One Six Pubs/Cafes #7 - Seven Stars Pubs/Cafes #8 - Pier Eight Pubs/Cafes #9 - 9 GALLON BAR 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mawsley Posted January 1 Popular Post Share Posted January 1 1-9 pubs and cafes Plus 1 Hoggy stop Ecton 1, Ecton The Two Brewers Three Cranes The Four Pears The Old Five Bells Sixfields Tavern The Sevens No.8 Cafe Coffee at No.9 Hoggs Style 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mawsley Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Ok, how many points does this earn me? 60,000,000 I reckon Final pub - 10pts +50pts +?pts The Sixty Million Postcards, Bournemouth 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) OK @Hoggs strap in! Hoggs #1 - The Piggy Hoggs #2 - Pighue Lane Hoggs #3 - Hoggin's Irish Pub Hoggs #4 - Spitroast Hoggs #5 - Hoggs Hill Lane Hoggs #6 - The Woollen Pig Hoggs #7 - Hoghton Close Hoggs #8 - The Boars Head Hoggs #9 - Snoutwood Trotters Hoggs #10 - Chester Harley-Davidson Edited January 6 by Fiddlesticks 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) Pubs/Cafes #4 - The Four Ashes Edited January 6 by Fiddlesticks 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_amw_ Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 My first (and possibly only) points this year: Carlton War Memorial (East of England): [ Porkers Lane (Hoggy Bonus): 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB999 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Off the mark! Pubs & Cafes 01 - Cafe #1 Pubs & Cafes 02 - Three Horseshoes 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_amw_ Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Two more hog-related ones: Hogs Lane: Pightle Farm: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) West Mids #9 - Medibee @ Troway Hall West Mids #10 - Speedwell Cavern East Mids #6 - Faun Cafe East Mids #11 - The Hay Barn Cafe East Mids #12 - RAF Metheringham Memorial Edited January 28 by Fiddlesticks 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_amw_ Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes (East Mids.): 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Git Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 No 2 Bar (with hire bike!) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throttled Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Cafe/pub #1 Cafe/pub #3 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) Pubs/Cafes #10 - The Billion* *As we all know, a Grand is one thousand, ergo Thousand Million = Billion. (As per my inarguable logic ) Edit: D'oh! See here. Edited February 2 by Fiddlesticks 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 North West England #12 - Shackletons Home & Garden 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 West Midlands #2 - Bidlea Dairy 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throttled Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Manx SPCA Tearoom and the TT Grandstand 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Pubs / cafes with numbers #3. Two Boats West Midlands #2. Daylesford Organic 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throttled Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Greens Cafe and Cafe at The Sound, IOM 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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