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2m SOTA Activation of Botley Hill (G/SE-005) 1

Aug

5

2015

On Sunday the 2nd of August I had an opportunity to activate 3 SOTA summits in the South of England. The YL was taking part in the 100 mile Prudential Bike Race going through London and Surrey. This involved an early start, leaving our home QTH at 5:30am. After dropping her off in Hackney I ...

SOTA Activation of a Cloudy Worcestershire Beacon 1

Jul

29

2015

The SOTA summit of Worcestershire Beacon (G/WB-009) was to be my last of two summits before heading to the Nozstock music festival about 30 minutes drive away in Herefordshire. This day had been defined by heavy rain and things were no different when I arrived! Parking Tip: I parked for free in the lay by ...

SOTA Activation of Tor y Foel (GW/SW-013)

Jul

10

2015

Tor Y Foel (GW/SW-013) is 551m high and worth 2 SOTA points. I activated it on the last day (31st of May) of a long weekend in the Brecon Beacons. We had been in the Brecons for 3 days and had done 3 long walks (and 3 SOTA activations!), so this one had to be ...

SOTA Activation of Pen Y Fan (South Britain’s Highest Summit)

Jul

9

2015

Me and the YL drove over to the Brecon Beacons at the end of May for a long weekend of walking and I managed to squeeze in a few SOTA activations as well… in fact one every day we were there! We woke up early on the 28th of May and drove from Hertfordshire to ...

SOTA Activation of Fan Fawr (GW/SW-005)

Jul

8

2015

Fan Fawr (GW/SW-005, 734m ASL, 6 points) was my third of four SOTA activations during a long weekend break with my YL in the Brecon Beacons. It was luckily part of a larger walk like all of my other activations over this weekend… chance or good planning 😉 We started from the glacial valley at ...

SOTA Activation of Waun Rydd (GW/SW-004)

Jul

8

2015

I climbed Waun Rydd on the 29th of May with my YL as part of an all day walk during a long weekend in the Brecon Beacons. Waun Rydd is at 769m ASL & worth 6 SOTA points, so inevitably involves a proper hike up. There’s no roads leading up here so you have to don ...

SOTA Activation of High Willhays (My Nemesis) 2

Jul

6

2015

My nemesis.. the High Willhays (G/DC-001 – 4 points) in Devon had haunted me since my botched activation last November. Previously I’d chosen to drag my XYL up in terrible conditions, was massively unprepared (no maps!) and ended up activating Yes Tor, which I later found out was not even valid for SOTA, add to ...

Sporadic E on Beacon Batch Summit

Jul

3

2015

After a fantastic English Breakfast at my nearby B&B (Colliters B&B – right next to Dundry Down summit, which I had activated the previous evening) I drove for 20 minutes to Beacon Batch (G/SC-003). I chose to park in the car park at ST489581, but you can also park nearer to the start of the ...

SOTA Activation of Long Knoll (G/SC-007)

Jul

3

2015

This was my 4th SOTA activation over a long weekend visiting family in the South West. I stopped off at Long Knoll on my way back from my niece’s 5th Birthday Party in Torquay on my way to pick up my XYL from Basingstoke Train Station. The length of time I could spend on the ...

VHF SOTA Failure on Dundry Down 7

Jul

2

2015

I drove to Dundry on the 25th of June after work and stayed at the Collisters B&B which is 6 minutes drive away from Dundry Down (G/SC-010). The plan was to activate the summit in the evening, stay at the B&B overnight and drive 25 mins to Beacon Batch (G/SC-003) after breakfast the next day. ...