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Freeholds Top, G/SP-011 - 454m ASL - SD 906 218 - OS Explorer OL21 - 1 SOTA
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Thursday 4th June 2020 - Hail Storm Hill G/SP-009, Freeholds Top G/SP-011, The Cloud G/SP-015 & Gun G/SP-013 After Hail Storm Hill G/SP-009, it was a short drive out of the Rossendale Valley, through Bacup, and around to the parking spot in front of the gate and cattle grid, where the Rossendale Way and Limers Gate track head south from the A681. Once was more than enough to make the mistake of attempting to follow the Rossendale Way all the way to the summit! This looks like the best way on the map - but suffice to say, I've stayed on the Limers Gate tracks for most of the distance ever since!
I cut up to the dry stone wall, which I followed for the last section, arriving at the trig point shortly after 8.30am local. Not bad for a second summit of the day over an hour's drive from home! This time, there was no waiting for the bands to spring into action, and plenty of QSOs were made on 12m FT8, 10m FT4 and 10m FT8. I was back home by early afternoon, and ended up going out again later to my local summits, starting with The Cloud G/SP-015.
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