Mynydd Llangorse, GW/SW-015 - 515m ASL - SO 159 267 - OS Explorer OL13 - 2 SOTA points           

The second summit on Sunday 30th August 2009, and our last of the holiday, was also that last one in SW that Jimmy needed to catch me up in terms of uniques. After Mynydd Troed GW/SW-009, we crossed the road and began climbing the relatively gentle slope of Mynydd Llangorse GW/SW-015. Liam was successfully bribed onto the ridge through periodic issues of pork scratchings and Welsh cakes!

   

Once atop the main ridge, I could see just how far Jimmy and Craig had got ahead of us. They were already on the summit! Liam and I were pretty tired after all the walking of the last few days, so we ambled only slowly to the summit.

As we arrived, Jimmy had already set up the SOTA Beam, but not managed any QSOs. Just as I finished erecting the dipole, he managed to work Steve G7AAV/P and Helen G7AAU/P for S2S with Wapley Hill G/WB-016. Then came a long drought for Jimmy! In the meantime, I rattled through 18 QSOs on 40m CW, but when this came to a conclusion, Jimmy was still stuck on two contacts.

   

He tried 40m SSB after a self-spot. No joy. He tried 2m FM again. No joy. I then shifted the 817 over to Jimmy's SOTA Beam so that he could try 2m SSB. I went to self-spot, and the GPRS was playing up. So I 'phoned the ever reliable Mr Dial-a-Spot, Roy G4SSH who did the honours. Before too long, Jimmy added Graham G3OHC and Don G0RQL to his log, and he had the unique and the 2 points in the bag.

Liam and I commenced our descent, but Jimmy and Craig decided to continue on to visit the trig point shown on the OS map (not at the summit). When he passed back over the summit later, he put another call out on the handy. By this stage, I was nearly back at the car, so I replied to get myself a chaser contact, and give Jimmy a fifth activator QSO.

   

The drive back to Macclesfield went well, especially when a petrol station on the A49 sold us some warm pakoras for a welcome snack! We were home about 9.45pm for a late evening meal, and then I ran Craig home to Bollington. It was a very successful and enjoyable trip. Thanks to all who called in to this final activation of the outing: