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Carnmenellis DC-006

 

Carnmenellis, G/DC-006 - 252m ASL - SW 696 364 - OS Explorer 104 - 1 SOTA point         Map & summit information from SOTAwatch     Click to return to summit index

 

DC-SC trip - Day 2 - Monday 26th July 2010 (part 2)

The day was really brightening up, and Jimmy directed me from Hensbarrow Beacon G/DC-004 to this notorious summit. The last time we were here, we had the police called out to us to investigate a local resident's sighting of "two people climbing on the transmitter mast".

Liam, Jimmy & Craig near the parking spot        Mast on Carnmenellis

We parked down on the road, in a lay-by at SW688363. There was a sense of nervous anticipation as we walked up the road in case there were any dragons around the corner. The track we wanted was marked "Polgear Beacon", and we continued along here. Soon, Jimmy and Craig had veered right, to make a beeline for the summit, picking the tricky way up through rocks and gorse. I decided to continue with Liam on the wide track to take a wider angle and more graded approach.

Jimmy & Craig at the summit    Tom in the activation zone

This was fine until the hairpin bend by the rocks, after which it was a purgatorial and stressful experience through deep thick gorse. After a slight eternity, Liam and I were just below Jimmy and Craig who were up on the trig point with the beam set up. Would Jimmy get his QSOs without the intervention of HF this time?

Jimmy M3EYP comes over to complete on HF    40m dipole

No. He managed 3 on 2m FM before heading over to beg use of HF, where he got a further 3 on 40m SSB. In between, my activation comprised a modest 8 QSOs on 40m CW. Liam and I followed Jimmy and Craig's route down in order to avoid a repeat of our gorse nightmare. We made it safely to the car, no police or dragons in sight.  We continued our southwestwards drive for our third summit Watch Croft G/DC-007.

Craig has one of customary sleeps!        Liam & the DS!

G0JVR

2m

FM

J

G4MFQ

2m

FM

J

M0NDU/M

2m

FM

J

DL4FDM

40m

CW

T

G0TDM

40m

CW

T

G4CMQ

40m

CW

T

PA0WDG

40m

CW

T

F6ICG

40m

CW

T

F6CXJ

40m

CW

T

G4SSH

40m

CW

T

PA0LCE

40m

CW

T

G8ADD

40m

SSB

J

G4WHA/A

40m

SSB

J

GW7AAV

40m

SSB

J

Carnmenellis 2005