Cefn Cenarth, GW/MW-039 - 460m ASL - SN 969 762 - OS Explorer 214 - 1 SOTA point            

SOTA road trip, Day 2 - Sunday 2nd August 2020

From Bryn y Fan GW/MW-018, I followed the satnav for Cefn Cenarth.  This took me, as expected, onto a rough track that looks like it's not for public vehicles.  But after a quarter of a mile or so, it brings you to what is clearly a public car park, and you can rest easy!  From here, I walked even further along the track until reaching a large gate on my right-hand side.  This leads to a zigzag path up the steep side of the hill, eventually leading out onto the summit ridge.

There is a welcome bench to sit on while operating and enjoying the views from this lofty vantage point. The SOTAwatch Spots revealed that Helen M0YHB/P and Carolyn G6WRW/P were active on 17m SSB from High Vinnalls G/WB-012, so I started off by claiming the S2S contacts.  I then added four more on CW with regular SOTA chasers.

It was already 11am local time and I was only descending, effectively, my first summit of the day.  Rather sluggish I had to reflect, given my ambitious schedule for the week.  The next summit would be the first of several in the South Wales SOTA region - Mynydd Eppynt GW/SW-018.