Challenges
2023 VMCC SC Challenge Castles, Battles and Hillforts
A selection of the castles, battles and hillforts to visit in Gloucestershire
Castles vary from hillocks (Castle Trump) to family homes (Berkeley)
Battles from major actions Saxon -Dyrham, War of the Roses -Tewkesbury & Civil War-Stow on the Wold
to Civil War siege at Gloucester & smaller related actions around the county
to the fields at NibleyGreen where the last battle between private armies in England was held.
Hillfortsare a few from the Cotswold edge, the fort of the local pre Roman tribe and a hillfort not on a hill.
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2022 Challenge Gloucestershire Airfields Visit airfields scattered throughout Gloucestershire
Details here. Answers here.
2021 Challenge -Exploring Gloucestershire A selection of locations around Gloucestershire.
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2020 Challenge-Local Waterways A selection of locations and routes along the rivers and canals of Gloucestershire.
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2019 Challenge-Romaning around Gloucestershire A selection of locations to visit in Gloucestershire mostly associated with the Romans including villas, sites of towns, forts, battles & of course roads.
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2018 Gloucestershire Armistice Challenge A selection of locations to visit in Gloucestershire mostly associated with World War 1 & 2
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2017 Getting Stoned in Gloucestershire- An informal rally covering Gloucestershire A selection of historic locations to visit in Gloucestershire including boundary & standing stones,& ancient crosses.
2016 Gloucestershire & Cotswold Edge Rally An informal rally covering Gloucestershire borders and the Cotswold edge within the county.
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An alternative to actually riding to the locations in the event of future lockdowns you can have a virtual ride to the location but you will not be able to answer many of the questions.
VMCCSC Challenges- Virtual Rides
The challenge is meant to be a set of locations to be visited on your bike, but they can be visited using Google Maps in Street View. Routes can be 'virtually ridden' in Google Maps using Street View and the Lat/Long positions for the locations. The 2nd page in the current challenge outlines how to do it on a PC, similarly on other platforms? see here