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Since our last visit three years ago, this
hill had been renamed by the Relative Hills of Britain people that maintain the
Marilyns list (it used to be called Haddington Hill). After breakfast at the B&B in Twickenham, we got
away before 9am local. We drove out on the M4 then up the M25, before heading
out towards Aylesbury on the A41. Again here, our turnings were conveniently
signposted "Wendover Woods" and we followed the roads uphill to the Forestry
Commission site. First up, yet again was Graham G4JZF, as we launched our activation on 2m SSB.
M0JDK and G4MOP followed before we hit the wall of silence. We were in no rush,
so I decided to deploy the 40m dipole and the paddle for the first time in the
weekend. Only one station was worked on 40m CW before the crowded band and QRM
got the better of me, but it was GW0DSP, hence completing his G/CE region for
summits chased, as well as me getting my 4th contact. By now, Jimmy and I were suffering very badly with hayfever in this field of long grass surrounded by tall trees. We packed up and drove down to the central Wendover Woods car park, and made for "The Cafe In The Woods", a relatively new establishment. The first item on the agenda had to be an ice cream each to freeze out the insides of our mouths. That done, we now treated ourselves to a lovely toasted brie and bacon sandwich for lunch. Marc joined us in the cafe after completing his own activation, and we had a chat over a mug of tea, before Jimmy and I hit the road for Bardon Hill G/CE-004.
Thanks to the following stations, all worked using 5 watts of power:
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