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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. ...

SOTA Activation of Ysgyryd Fawr (GW/SW-016) 2

Jun

10

2015

I drove to this summit on the 22nd of March from my previous SOTA activation that day at Black Mountain. This was my fifth and final SOTA activation of the weekend before driving home to Hertfordshire. Now the first thing about this summit is the name: Ysgyryd Fawr… how do you even begin to pronounce that? ...

SOTA Activation in the Dark: Mynydd Llangorse (GW/SW-015) 2

Jun

9

2015

This was my 3rd and final summit that I activated on the 21st of March… which was a good job as I started the ascent at dusk! After descending from Mynydd Troed (GW/SW-009) I reached the car park and started walking up the other side to this summit. The ascent up looked easy and quick, however ...

SOTA Activation of Black Mountain (GW/SW-041)

Jun

9

2015

On the 22nd of March I woke up at my cosy B&B after activating 3 summits the day before. I had a full Welsh breakfast and planned my two summits for the day before driving home. First up was the Black Mountain (GW/SW-041) which offered 6 points + 3 winter bonus points. The drive here ...