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Dundry Down 2018

 

Dundry church        Cows with young - care required

After Wills Neck G/SC-002, we grabbed some supper then found a pub that was showing the England v Belgium World Cup match.  In hindsight, I wished I'd not bothered.  The game was a "dead rubber" anyway with both England and Belgium having already secured qualification to the knockout stages - plus Belgium won 1-0 in a less-than-spectacular encounter.  Also Jimmy and I were both very tired, so delaying everything a further couple of hours was probably suboptimal.

Dundry Down        Summit trig point

So the final summit of our epic summer SOTA tour of 17 summits, 19 activations, 3 associations and 5 regions, was Dundry Down G/SC-010 on the evening of Thursday 28th June 2018.  We parked near Dundry church in the village and walked up the access track to the radio masts near the summit.  Our usual MO and wkg cndx did the trick for both of us, and we could finally get off home to Macclesfield.

Such a delightful summit...        Night falling on Dundry Down

The drive home via the M5 and M6 was a lengthy affair.  I was ridiculously tired and kept having to pull in for a snooze.  These could be anything from 15 minutes to an hour and a half in length, and we eventually arrived home in Macclesfield around 6.30am!  Jimmy M0HGY was so laid back and supportive though, and was a brilliant companion for the journey, as he had been throughout the week on the hills, ferries, restaurants etc.

Dundry Down at dusk        Jimmy M0HGY at the summit

Tom M1EYP        The view from the shack...

Twilight        Bright moonlight as we descended

Time

Call

Band

Mode

Op

20:37z

SA4BLM

14MHz

CW

M1EYP/P

20:40z

DL6SRD

14MHz

CW

M1EYP/P

20:43z

G0NXA

144MHz

FM

M0HGY/P

20:43z

EW8AP

14MHz

CW

M1EYP/P

20:44z

VE2JCW

14MHz

CW

M1EYP/P

20:45z

R3IC

14MHz

CW

M1EYP/P

20:49z

M0VNP

144MHz

FM

M0HGY/P

20:54z

GW3WSU

144MHz

FM

M0HGY/P

20:56z

GW3WBU

144MHz

FM

M0HGY/P