Cringle Moor - Drake Howe TW-002

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Cringle Moor - Drake Howe, G/TW-002 - 435m ASL - NZ 537 029 - OS Explorer OL26 - 1 SOTA point

Sunday 14th April 2019 - Cringle Moor-Drake Howe G/TW-002

Gig: Joe Longthorne

Venue: Princess Alexandra Auditorium, Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees

Cringle Moor Ascending from Lord's Stones

Choice of summit dictated by gig location again. Nice steak and ale pie at the Lord’s Stones Cafe before the walk up. Rather cold and windy at the car park so I elected to go up just with the handheld.

The footpath up to the summit View along the ridge Footpath along the ridge

Very pleasant activation. Just five QSOs but each one a lengthy and enjoyable ragchew. Of course, my favourite of these was the last one - with SOTA friend and leading activator/chaser Phil G4OBK - no less than 16 minutes in QSO!

Tom M1EYP Summit cairn

Then an easy half hour drive up to Yarm, and a spectacular auditorium set in the grounds of a private school. We had a band Sunday roast dinner at the Ketton Ox pub, then a swift one in the Black Bull. Show time was shortly after that.

Commencing the descent Viewpoint at the end of the ridge

I would be back on the radio, on 2m FM for the drive home, commencing around 9.30pm BST.

The auditorium in Yarm Stage set-up

Time	Call	Band	Mode
13:48z	M1SPY	144MHz	FM
13:55z	G4MQV	144MHz	FM
13:58z	G4DXP	144MHz	FM
14:07z	M/VK2IBF	144MHz	FM
14:12z	G4OBK	144MHz	FM