I activated this summit early evening on Tuesday 14th June 2005.
Monday and Tuesday brought the necessary interruption of work, but being away
at a conference, it was at least diluted somewhat by lavish breakfasts, lunches
and dinners, and use of the hotel's health spa, pool and steam room.
Monday night saw the remarkable spectacle of hundreds of people walking out on
the hapless band in the ballroom to congregate around the big screen in the bar
for the Jackson verdict.
Tuesday 3.45pm, and at last, the closing speaker took to the rostrum to
bring the conference to a close. It was a good conference, but that was
work, and playtime was approaching fast. By 3.48pm, I was on the A46 folowing signs for Evesham, later picking up the minor lanes through
Overbury to Kemerton. I turned right by the chapel up the long cul-de-sac
to the start of the path. This was a very easy walk, much easier than those
close 5m contours on occasional 1:25000 sheets such as this make it look!
At the summit, a dozen or so mountain bikers were duelling their skills on
the hillfort ramparts, while I set up out of the wind in the weird hole in
the ground just beyond the summit marker stone. Things were slow moving at
first, but six 2m FM contacts were in the bag before 6pm BST, and I was on
the move again.
Thanks to the following stations, all worked on 2m FM with 2.5 watts:
M3YWL |
Bilston |
Diana |
G6YWL/M |
Bilston |
Tony |
2E0UHF |
Bishop's Cleeve |
Nick |
G3TGD |
between Malvern & Worcester |
Mike |
G0TPZ/M |
M5(N) J5 |
Kevin |
2E0HDN |
Telford |
Tony |
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