The drive from Caer Caradoc Hill G/WB-006 to Brown Clee Hill G/WB-002 on Friday 25th April 2014 was a total pain. My car horn was put into overdrive as I negotiated my way through countless blind bends on the narrow Shropshire lanes. I pulled in at several crossroads to consult the road atlas. Eventually, I found my way to the telephone box at Abdon and pulled in on the grass verge a little further up the road.

I was originally going to go up from the picnic site again, but a study of the OS map influenced me to return to the bridleway from Abdon, starting at SO585868. Once into my stride, I was happy with this decision. The track is reasonably surfaced with small stones further down, and firm dry grass further up, and remains at a constant but not-too-taxing gradient. When the path swings 90 degrees to the left, you know you are within a couple of minutes of the summit.

It was now raining constantly, and my coat and rucksack were getting rather wet. I set the 12m GP up quickly, then got inside the bothy bag to complete the set up. This provided for comfortable and dry operating, the only problem being that the bothy bag was itself getting soaked before the next and third activation of the day!  Like on the earlier summit, QSOs were not rapidly forthcoming on 12m, but four CW contacts were recorded inside eight minutes. A self-spotted attempt to add some SSB to the log came to nought. That mattered not, as I was still glowing from my fourth and qualifying contact on CW when my CQ was answered by Heribert 7Z1HL in Saudi Arabia!  Thankfully, the rain eased to a very damp mist for packaway and descent, but once on the road to Titterstone Clee Hill G/WB-004, the rain intensified again and became heavy and persistent.