Triffid
burying supplies?
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Excellent
choice of wood by Richard, loads of cover but mostly gentle on the
skin. He had been over on Saturday and put out all the Txs.
Sunday
morning at 12:00 they all woke up for a test transmission - all heard
except C. On inspection something had chewed through the
aerial, a quick knot and twist and all was well.
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| Pos |
Competitor |
Hcap |
Joker |
A |
B |
C |
F |
G |
H |
K |
L |
M |
1 |
Score |
Raw % |
Final Total |
| 1 |
Roy E |
86 |
K |
23 |
23 |
32 |
15 |
23 |
26 |
64 |
32 |
32 |
23 |
293 |
93 |
207 |
| 2 |
Colin M |
57 |
G |
13 |
15 |
13 |
26 |
64 |
32 |
20 |
23 |
20 |
26 |
252 |
80 |
195 |
| 3 |
Philip C |
105 |
A |
80 |
32 |
40 |
17 |
15 |
17 |
23 |
20 |
23 |
32 |
299 |
95 |
194 |
| 4 |
Colin F |
96 |
B |
26 |
80 |
17 |
20 |
17 |
20 |
26 |
26 |
40 |
17 |
289 |
92 |
193 |
| 5 |
Gary P |
120 |
L |
20 |
17 |
23 |
23 |
20 |
23 |
40 |
80 |
26 |
40 |
312 |
100 |
192 |
| 6 |
Tim P |
94 |
G |
17 |
20 |
26 |
32 |
80 |
15 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
15 |
256 |
82 |
162 |
| 7 |
Steve S |
64 |
F |
15 |
13 |
15 |
80 |
26 |
40 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
224 |
71 |
160 |
| 8 |
Bob S |
0 |
A |
64 |
26 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
125 |
40 |
125 |
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| Competitor |
Joker |
A |
B |
C |
F |
G |
H |
K |
L |
M |
1 |
Validation |
| Roy E |
K |
14:07:06 |
14:26:28 |
14:19:49 |
15:14:55 |
14:52:56 |
15:02:29 |
13:48:06 |
13:59:57 |
13:57:37 |
14:33:54 |
15:40:07 |
| Colin M |
G |
15:08:47 |
15:16:16 |
15:51:22 |
13:59:31 |
13:49:13 |
14:19:41 |
15:04:21 |
14:54:31 |
14:44:19 |
14:33:48 |
15:56:01 |
| Philip C |
A |
13:43:26 |
13:50:54 |
14:08:56 |
15:14:45 |
15:22:57 |
15:31:15 |
14:55:21 |
15:03:56 |
14:44:12 |
14:33:45 |
15:42:00 |
| Colin F |
B |
14:02:40 |
13:46:20 |
15:00:05 |
15:12:52 |
15:21:25 |
15:31:05 |
14:28:52 |
14:14:16 |
13:57:12 |
14:43:04 |
15:48:32 |
| Gary P |
L |
14:19:01 |
14:29:44 |
14:38:29 |
14:50:13 |
14:59:26 |
15:12:16 |
13:47:58 |
13:54:02 |
14:00:05 |
14:07:06 |
15:34:39 |
| Tim P |
G |
14:36:45 |
14:29:28 |
14:23:06 |
13:55:00 |
13:48:50 |
15:42:28 |
15:05:59 |
15:14:57 |
15:17:21 |
14:43:13 |
15:45:12 |
| Steve S |
F |
14:50:40 |
15:16:20 |
15:06:56 |
13:54:23 |
14:03:10 |
14:19:37 |
15:26:41 |
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14:40:34 |
15:55:40 |
| Bob S |
A |
14:02:26 |
14:20:08 |
14:49:28 |
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15:27:58 |
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15:40:23 |
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Results - The
call to order!
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Less
than Zero to Hero!
Last
month
I thought I was doing really well. Three quick 40s and all ten found,
all I had to do was get back to my Joker before 16:00 - then having
found the clump of blackthorn with 5 mins to spare, disaster glasses
lost, panic, blood, machine gun = - 52 points!
In
contrast, this
event did not start well. Easy Joker K, got to it
in good
time but just couldn't spot the Triffid - soon Gary was there and ...
bother only 64 instead of 80. Which of L and M would Gary go
for
next , L, so it's M for me. Bother again, as I
approached
there was Colin F, so only another 32. Back to L, yep Gary's
been
in, another 32. OK, clearly today is not my day, calm down
and
enjoy the walk with the gentle twittering of Triffids in the
background. A is close, but only 23, never mind, the sun is
shining and even the Triffid clearly thinks it is still spring perched
in its nest! Headed for B next but Bob was there so decided to go for C
first to see if that would yield decent points. Met Tim at a junction
in the paths and we exchanged tales of woe while waiting for C to give
its very brief transmission. Tim dashed off and I followed with
slightly less dash. Fortunately C went off just before he got
to
it and I had a sharp null. Followed the line and spotted the Tx aerial.
Tim was dancing all around it and I spent an eternity trying to place
myself in his line of sight to it. Where was the Triffid .. . .. .. .. ..
at last ! Another 32, not bad and beating Tim is as good as
win,
thus I continued on with raised spirits. Back to B,
for 23.
14:26, need to go for the Ghost (1) before that goes off at
15:00.
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The
map showed two
paths but the signal was strong straight on through seriously thick
undergrowth, a man with a jungle hat and a sharpened Dibber wasn't
going to wimp out to a path, even if it would save him ten minutes!
This wasn't all bad because when I did get there Colin M and
Philip had spent some time flattening the undergrowth around the Tx and
Philip revealed it as I completed my last stride. Only 23 but
time saved. So F G H, the route involved rather
more
contours than us Essex types are used to. I reasoned that
F
& G would offer few points by this time but there may be decent
ones left at H before it got easy at 15:00. However, my
meandering route took me close to G and I grabbed a reasonable 23.
On to H spotting the Tx just before it started its long
transmissions, as usual a few more frustrating minutes trying to spot
Richard's well hidden Triffid for 26. Almost an hour left and
only F to find, should be a doddle. However, as the map shows
there were streams on the way but by this time I had gone into 'stroll
along without looking at the map mode'. I wasn't going to
get my
feet wet at this stage so my route resembled badly served spaghetti.
Once again though this wasn't all bad because as I
approached,
Philip was doing his 'Triffid revealing war dance' so for a cost of
just two points my last Triffid was dibbed for 15 at 15:15
was
this an omen? Was pleased to have the time to show
those
contours some respect on the way back to my Joker K.
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With not
a single 40 I had no thought of winning the Multi-Star let
alone becoming the Hero, so the results were a very pleasant
surprise! It would have been nice to have done it without the
aid
of the handicapping system but age does bring with it some sense of
realism and gratitude. Well done to Gary for being the 100%
man
yet again - I suspect I will only be the Hero for a month, so I intend
to make the most of it!!
Thanks
to Richard for all his his
efforts and the touches of humour, the nesting Triffid, Fork 'andles,
Vera's invitation, Dibbing Doughnuts and arranging for me to pose with
the Queen, that will stay in my memory a for a long time.
Now why
did I come into this room ........
........
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Ah
yes, to tell you the next event will be on October 7th in Whitley
Forest, Kent. Colin F will be hiding the Triffids.
Hope to
see
you all there.
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