"Easy Fell" is Jimmy's descriptive renaming of Easington Fell G/SP-012. You wouldn't really think that this hill merited three separate activation visits, but somehow it has done. The first one was on a lovely sunny day in 2003. We ascended up the track to its end, and then had to battle through the wood and climb over a fence or two. The following year, we were returning from a family weekend in the Lake District on a blistering hot afternoon when I managed to convince Marianne that it would be the perfect picnic spot!  By this stage, we knew the trick of turning sharp left to approach the stile over the wall to the open fell.

On Sunday 27th November 2005, we set off at around 9.00am. Jimmy has suddenly started objecting to very early get-ups. I will have to do something about that before it gets embedded. Anyway, following a decadent Sunday breakfast in the Little Chef at Monks Heath, we headed north through Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Gatley, Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham, Bury, Ramsbottom, Clitheroe and Waddington to the Slaidburn road upon which is the parking area for G/SP-012. Somewhere along the way we also passed through that little village which is named after us. We took the usual route up, but avoided the summit cairn. A fierce northerly wind was making the -1 degrees temperature feel a lot colder, so we set up in the lee of the nearby wall, after finding and signing the Sotacache of course. Jimmy took to the microphone first, and worked six stations including S2S with Rob G4RQJ/P on Loughrigg Fell G/LD-047. I also made six contacts, and we started to get a bit cold, despite the best attention of the delicious Smoked Haddock Chowder in the flask. So with that, we packed up and set off, not bothering with 2m SSB, while a couple of calls on 70cm FM were unanswered.

We dropped back down the hill into the village of Waddington, and into the Lower Buck pub, where we met Mick 2E0HJD and Lee M0LMP for a drink and a chat. A good pub this, with an open fire and choice of good ales. I opted for the Hobgoblin, which coincidentally matched the bottles that also happened to be waiting for me in my fridge!  

Many thanks to the following stations, worked on 2m FM with 2.5 watts: