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Bardon Hill, G/CE-004 - 278m ASL - SK 460 132 - OS Explorer 245 - 1 SOTA point
Saturday 9th July 2022 - Bardon Hill G/CE-004 & gig: Simon Faulkner Band @ Hinckley RUFC Nice walk up on a very hot afternoon. Four contacts on 2m FM after disturbing a couple in the advanced stages of “canoodling” at the summit!
Explored a different and longer descent route following the quarry edge then doubling back on the public footpath through the woods.
Simon Faulkner Band @ Hinckley RFC Great gig with Simon (guitar & vocals), Jamie Hardwick (keys) and Simon Moore (drums).
Saturday 27th August 2022 - Bardon Hill G/CE-004 Gig: "Fakeloaf" - Terry Nash's Meatloaf @ Ashby-de-la-Zouch Big Weekend Today’s antics on the road: Woke up after a good night’s kip in the static caravan opposite Club Tropicana near Skegness, where I played last night. Liam and I found a roadside cafe on the A46 somewhere in Lincolnshire for a late brunch then pressed on south west into Leicestershire.
The hill climbed was Bardon Hill G/CE-004, near Coalville. It was the only option really - it’s the only hill in hundreds of square miles! Liam and I climbed while listening on my phone to commentary from the Northern Premier League West Division match between City of Liverpool FC and Macclesfield FC! In contrast to my previous visit to this summit, the VHF/UHF frequencies were busy and I made plenty of contacts on 2m FM and 70cm FM included summit-to-summit with Esther G0AZA/P & Ian G0AZB/P on Long Mynd-Pole Bank G/WB-005, and Viki M6BWA/P on Caer Caradoc Hill G/WB-006.
We then continued the drive to Ashby-de-la-Zouch for the gig.
I was playing in the band for “Terry Nash as Meatloaf” on the festival stage at the Ashby Big Weekend event. The band was top class and it was a pleasure playing that set.
Finishing a Saturday gig at the uncharacteristically early time of 8.15pm meant that Liam and I had time to drive to Mehek at Bottomhouses near Leek, for a curry on the way home.
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