Friday 24th August 2018 - Mynydd-y-briw GW/NW-060

The satnav took me a route that followed apparently “proper” roads after Gyrn Moelfre GW/NW-049, but that started to feel increasingly like byways or farm tracks - until suddenly becoming a decent road again almost out of nothing!  I parked in the entrance to the access road for the transmitter mast on the summit.  This is a steep ascent, but very short.  Progress is slow, but you’re still at the top in ten minutes!  Lots of wind again, so again I didn’t bother with the 20m FT8 for which I’d carried all the gear.  Though it could have been a backup option as 2m is far from guaranteed from this hill, especially with just a helical antenna. 

QSOs came fairly slowly, but I had my four in 13 minutes.  A bit of inviting myself into other people’s QSOs was deployed! 

I’d noticed a dark grey bank of heavy rain approaching from the west.  This, just as one of my QSO partners went into full ragchew mode, and an over that seemed to last an eternity! When he eventually released the PTT, I quickly and politely signed with him, explaining about the advancing weather!  The downpour hit just as I was 100m from the car, so not too much damage done.  The journey home was a bit sluggish especially around Wrexham, but it was Friday afternoon rush-hour.  Guess what?  I still wanted more.  The energy was still there, so later that evening, I was back out to The Cloud G/SP-015!