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Sunday 13th October 2024
Multi-Tx DF Location Fordham, West of Colchester. CO6 3LX Driving to the site - map with zoom Noticeboard Event format Dates Contact us direct or by using this email. Page under construction please return in about a week or 2!Sorry for delays, George's report is pasted at the bottom. Pictures and words from Tim will be inserted soon. |
 10 Txs and associated triffids provide the amusement. |
Map     Results
Note Richard's time at C and then his validation back at his Joker A - impressive!
Hero changes this event
See here for a complete list of the Hero League Temporary paste of winner's report Hi Roy, here is my report... Another very interesting event, one I nearly ducked out of due to there being some rocketry excitement happening live across the pond (the metaphorical big one, not the ones that annoy us on DF hunts). So, the walk down to the start... glued to the video on my phone (I'm even watching the phone in the photo at the start)... SpaceX Super-Heavy booster launches Starship from Texas! Yay! (sorry, I'm a space fan). Now the anxious wait for the booster to return. Oh no, Tx A is on, got to take some bearings. Back to the phone... no sign of the booster yet. More bearings on another Tx, quickly swapping between phone and receiver... Holy Moly, it's BACK! And the caught it! They grabbed a rocket out of the air! A 70m high rocket is now dangling from the launch tower that it left less than 10 mins before. I look around and realise everyone is taking off in all directions... oops, better get back to the job in hand... So, my joker was G, missed hearing it at the start as I was pre-occupied, but had an idea where F was so headed that way. Here's where I got lucky. (1) It transpired that Colin was in my group, and he headed for the Ghost early, and (2) by chance I picked the right side of the fence first. F and G were inside a fence/hedgerow, H was outside it. walking down towards F, G could now be heard off to the left, seemingly through the trees, F was ahead and strengthening quickly. Downhill too, so I almost managed a jog. After passing F, I fairly quickly backtracked and found it. First one in there. I nearly blew my chances by diving through the trees fairly straight for G... it was a long way through there like that, head down under the branches. After a bit of fumbling around amongst identical looking trees, I was first to G. Very good start, soon to turn to panic as I determined H to be the other side of what looked like a ditch and a fence, with a long walk round. However, it was really close, so I elected to try a scramble over some low bramble. Yep, it's in here, both Colin and Gary are now close by, back on the path from G. I nearly blew it again with my technique of not reducing the gain of my receiver as I close in on a Tx, and I swear both Gary and Colin homed in on the howl from my set. however, I think they both thought I'd already dibbed, and rushed past me... I hadn't, but caught sight of the Triffid seconds later and did so... Yay, first to that one as well. Cleaned up on my group, great score. On to the next group, KLM. Got some odd bearings, not sure what I did there, but went round the path and embarrassingly didn't notice I was going past L and M. K got very strong, so went for it first. After faffing about back and forth along the path, I dived into the trees for L. Overshot, got confused in there, decided M was stronger and went for that instead. Backtracked through the trees to L. I don't know what the official route to L was, but I definitely didn't take it. Now getting dangerously close to 3pm... so a quick dash to the Ghost. Bearing through the trees. Oh well, head down, charge on. That was not the fastest way to go either, and by the time I got to the vicinity of the ghost, there were only minutes to go, and Roy is frantically trying to find it. We both started panicking, and crashing about round the back of the clump of shrubbery, to be joined by Colin. A highly amused Tim had strolled round the correct way and watched us eventually find it just in time. Phew... I'm now exhausted, and ABC is off to the south. B was fairly easy, arrived as Chris and Rosie were close. Rosie beat me too it, and since it was a scramble across the ditch, I offered to dib Chris for him. Turned out that was nearly a big mistake... I headed off down to C in Rosie's wake, but she turned left at a path, I had a bearing to the right coming down the field. I just beat her to it, found the Triffid... Oh No! I've lost my dibber! It's not on the lanyard. Ohhh... must have dropped it in the ditch at B. I started walking dejectedly back to B, checking all my pockets... found it! I'd put it in my other pocket instead of back on the lanyard when I dibbed Chris. Rush back to A, oh no, Gary is there, but luckily he hasn't found the Triffid so I beat him to that one. After all that you'd think the last one would be easier, but no. Found Colin walking about complaining he can't find the Triffid, so I thought I'd try round the other side. Looks good, as I spied Chris walking away from the area round there. But no, bearing from very close said Colin's side of the ditch, which looked deeper water than my trainers. Turns out Chris did get it from that side, he went for a wade. So back round into the bush with Colin in it... yep, there is the wire... finished up hanging from the tree clambering sideways to get to the dibber from the least accessible direction. Oh well, all turned out right in the end! As ever, many thanks to Tim for organising the event, and Roy for the equipment. Have a great Christmas and New Year, hope to see you all again next year. George. |