Crops – 100th Scavenger Hunt

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Take rest; a field that has rested gives beautiful crops. ~ Ovid

I published my first Scavenger Hunt post (Fucktoy on the EuroStar) back in 2011. It took me 2 years to get my Platinum badge, which is awarded when you have done 30 locations. Next stop a Diamond badge for 100 locations. I have no idea how that has taken me another 11 years to get there but that does work out at roughly 6 locations a year and as there have been years when I have not posted any it actually doesn’t sound too bad.

Once I got into the 80’s the 100 locations was really calling to me and 18 months ago I set myself the task of getting to 100 locations by the end of 2023. Clearly I didn’t make but only 6 months past goal and finally here I am. My 100th Scavenger Hunt location and I am grinning broadly at that achievement.

This project has always been fun. Over the years Michael and I have had so many funny, happy, sexy and sometimes down right silly moments getting some of these pictures. Unlike my other outdoor self portraits that I usually capture on my own the Scavenger Hunt ones tend to involve more risky populated areas and so having a partner in Scavenger Hunt crime is helpful.

Having said that there are actually quite a few I have managed totally on my own, Animal Farm, Orchard Delights, Locker Room Talk and Snow Tits to name just a few. However even after all these years I think one of my favourite pictures in this project remains the up-skirt shot Michael got at a very crowded Piccadilly Circus which the 2 grumpy men in the foreground.

The picture I have chosen for my 100th location (Crops) is actually one I took over a year ago but when I was planning out what places I was going to do to get to me 100 I knew this picture was the one I wanted to share to mark that occasion. (You can find all 100 posts listed on my Scavenger Hunt Page) Firstly it is one I took myself. I did have my look out with me as the path this field is on is fairly popular with walkers but the shot itself was taken by me using a tripod and remote etc. Secondly, it’s a really good shot and I love how it came out with this retro style edit on it that reminds me of the widescreen landscape Cinema-scope movie shots popular in the 1950’s.

So is this project done now? Will I be retiring the Scavenger Hunt? Absolutely not. I actually asked Bee recently if there could be a badge for 150 locations. They responded by telling me, get closer to 150 and they would think about but I notice on the Participants page that Modesty Ablaze and BareFoot Sub have 130 and 136 locations respectively. Sooooooo? *bats eye lashes at Bee.

I actually already have 3 more locations done. So my aim is to post a Scavenger Hunt once a month for a Sinful Sunday for the foreseeable. At that rate it will only take me 4 and a bit years to get to the 150 mark. I am not holding my breath mind you, but it is good to set yourself some mad goals now and then, especially ones that involve you getting naked.