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High Rigg LD-044

 

High Rigg, G/LD-044 - 357m ASL - NY 308 220 - OS Explorer OL5 - 1 SOTA point       Map & summit information from SOTAwatch      Click to return to summit index

Monday 5th October 2020 - Blencathra G/LD-008, High Rigg G/LD-044, Great Mell Fell G/LD-035, Little Mell Fell G/LD-037 & Hallin Fell G/LD-043

From Blencathra G/LD-008, I drove south through Thelkeld to pick up the B5322.  I turned right at Wanthwaite and followed the road right up to the church and youth centre at the top.  I parked here and commenced walking up the public footpath behind the church.

Tom M1EYP        View from the summit

There is a maze of paths and tracks all over High Rigg, but it is a simple case of keeping going in the same direction, making sure you are heading upwards!  Although around 150m needs to be gained from the parking spot, the horizontal distance is barely half a kilometre, and so the walk is fairly quick.  Nonetheless, the feeling when the summit cairn suddenly came into view was as welcome as ever!

Summit of High Rigg        View from High Rigg

High Rigg is a very picturesque little summit, and somewhere that it would be nice to dwell on a longer and more relaxed activation.  However, this was a five-summit day, so efficiency was key.  My first contact turned out to have C4FM available, so that was that issue swiftly dealt with.  Next it was over to the Mells, starting with Great Mell Fell G/LD-035.

Time

Callsign

Band

Mode

10:58

M7XUP

144MHz

FM

11:00

M7XUP

144MHz

C4FM

11:03

G4IIB

144MHz

FM

11:04

GM3VMB

144MHz

FM

11:06

G0CZA

144MHz

FM

High Rigg 2011