Into the second phase of our family holiday, and settled into the accommodation in Anstruther, Fife, we nominated the Monday as our “full day out” for the week.

We started out at 6.10am BST from Anstruther and headed first for Largo Law, a hill we had spotted when first driving towards Anstruther two days earlier.  “Ooh that looks steep” had remarked Marianne, looking at the darkened line of the path straight up the front (south) face of the hill.  I managed to make it steeper though!

 

       

We walked from the cemetery to the farm, then turned left to approach the steeper flanks.  Jimmy headed directly ahead on a path but was soon shuffling between gorse bushes.  I didn’t fancy that so veered left on what appeared to be a more established and graded path.  It turns out we were both wrong; the better path goes initially to the right at that point!

My approach quickly became steeper and less defined, resulting in some mild scrambling which felt rather strenuous under blazing early sunshine.  When the gradient eased and I was back on two limbs rather than four, it transpired that I was ahead of Jimmy - though not for long!

 

       

On summit I made 7 QSOs on 40m CW.  Jimmy made 6 on 2m FM. The descent was obviously faster, but care was needed as the paths were toppled with loose dry grainy soil, which could be slippery.

The village of Cupar would be passed through en route to the next summit - Mount Hill GM/SS-277 - and we arranged to meet Andy GM6ZAK for a quick coffee in the Baynes bakery there. Jimmy and I also took breakfast here, which included “Fathers Day pies” - Scotch pies, but with a slice of black pudding and baked beans in place of the pastry lid!

 

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Op
07:08	F4WBN	7MHz	CW	MQ1EYP/P
07:09	G4OOE	7MHz	CW	MQ1EYP/P
07:10	SM4CJM	7MHz	CW	MQ1EYP/P
07:11	M0BKV	7MHz	CW	MQ1EYP/P
07:13	S57S	7MHz	CW	MQ1EYP/P
07:14	GM6ZAK	144MHz	FM	MQ0HGY/P
07:14	DL1FU	7MHz	CW	MQ1EYP/P
07:15	MW0IDX	7MHz	CW	MQ1EYP/P
07:16	MM0VPM/M	144MHz	FM	MQ0HGY/P
07:18	GM0MRJ	144MHz	FM	MQ0HGY/P
07:20	MM0RJJ	144MHz	FM	MQ0HGY/P
07:24	GM3YEW	144MHz	FM	MQ0HGY/P
07:34	GM6CMQ	144MHz	FM	MQ0HGY/P