(01 Jun 2014, 9:08 am)northern156 wrote Indeed. You could say, for example, all 'Yellow Bus' Olympians are worth 20 points and all 'TEN' Geminis are worth 3, but with the exception of 6080 which is worth 10.
Obviously, this would be done for every type of vehicle in GNE's fleet.

Would we work that out on mileage done or time spent on the bus (the latter relies on working EXIF data from the camera)? Additionally, the latter would allow extra points for being late which is something unique!

Contestants can use other buses - Arriva or Stagecoach etc - to allow them to commute to different places for the challenge, but they wouldn't count. A bus only counts when a picture (maybe as a Set on Flickr - you can view EXIF easily) if there is a clear shot of the registration plate (also fleet number if wanted) with valid EXIF information.
Each group would record the buses they went on, and at the end of the challenge, they would hand it over to the organiser(s) who would then process each group accordingly.

Sorry mate, didn't read your first post properly. I've just thought though, would it not be a bit unfair to start at your own locations? For the likes of me who live in the middle of nowhere, roughly 20 miles from the start of GNE territory (Hexham), I am limited to which buses I can get to Newcastle or Hexham.

I also don't feel there is that element of competition in taking pictures of buses with landmarks (but that's my opinion).

No worries

If the clues were timed and written in such a way, there shouldn't be too much of an advantage of living wherever, although the locations would always be in the North East, given the balance of members living over here.

The positioning of the envelopes, should even themselves out over time to, given the need for a variety of locations I would use.
For instance, the church tower at Corbridge would be nearer you than the majority of members (providing you didn't end up going off in completely the wrong direction ).

The 'area' of the envelope, would always be the first clue too. So if I indicated at 10am it was somewhere on Wearside (and the next clue was at 11am), then realistically you may not want to enter that day.
Similarly, if my first clue indicated the envelope was along the Tyne Valley, it may not appeal to the likes of Michael or Dan.

The good thing about this, is that everyone could join in.
I wouldn't take part and I bet several other members wouldn't join in the photography tasks - simply because it isn't our thing.

Teams or individuals could do this too and those who want to remain anonymous (as I keep saying), could join in and blend in with members of the public.

As a question to everyone, if I give out a series of clues over the next hour or so (more frequent than they would be in reality), is it worth trying the idea out?
There isn't an envelope hidden anywhere btw.

People can just shout out the answer on here, with the clues continuing until someone gets the correct answer.