Billinge Hill, G/SP-017 - 179m ASL - SD 525 014 - OS Explorer 285 - 1 SOTA point           

Friday 14th January 2022

Litherland REMYCA FC 1, Macclesfield FC 2

Another SOTA - Football combo.  At least it makes a change from the more typical SOTA - Gig combo!

I was teaching in Timperley (famous for one of Manchester's greatest legends) during the day, and Macclesfield FC were away at Litherland REMYCA (which I later learned was a made-up word as opposed to initials) in the evening.  The game was to be played at Bootle FC's stadium due to flooding at Litherland's home ground.  That made my journey rather obvious - it had to be via Billinge Hill G/SP-017.

I parked on Crank Road and approached via the access road for the scrapyard.  I operated on 2m FM just with the handheld, and made seven contacts, including M0HGY on the FT-991A in the home shack.  I then completed the journey to Bootle and watched the top-versus-bottom North West Counties League Premier Division clash, which Macclesfield won 2-1.  A tedious journey back had to be endured due to motorway closures and diversions. Traffic jams at 10.30pm on a Friday night are absolutely bobbins ... which I guess brings us back to the subject of Timperley!