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Penycloddiau NW-054

 

Penycloddiau, GW/NW-054 - 440m ASL - SJ 127 678 - OS Explorer 265 - 1 SOTA point        Map & summit information from SOTAwatch    Click to return to summit index

Saturday 7th March 2020 - Moel Gyw GW/NW-053, Foel Fenlli GW/NW-051, Moel Famau GW/NW-044, Penycloddiau GW/NW-054, Mynydd y Cwm GW/NW-076, Great Orme GW/NW-070, The Cloud G/SP-015 & Gun G/SP-013

I was going well "against the clock" on this ambitious multi-activation day.  Still AM (morning), and en route to the fourth summit.  I always used to find the navigation a little tricky from Moel Famau GW/NW-044, but it is much easier with a pre-programmed satnav!  The skies were getting a bit darker, but the rain was still holding off as per forecast - thank goodness.

Penycloddiau summit        Tom M1EYP

I followed my usual route of up the Offa's Dyke Path above the steep wood for the ascent, returning via the lower track.  In between, the ODP was followed as far as the summit cairn, from where the views open up to the north over Moel-y-Parc and the Dee Estuary.  Four contacts were made on the handheld.  Three on 2m analogue FM, and no prizes for guessing who was there for the C4FM QSO!  Just one more Clwydian left in the day - Mynydd y Cwm GW/NW-076 - but potentially four more summit activations, so again I wasn't hanging around. 

Time

Callsign

Band

Mode

13:22

M1FHM

144MHz

FM

13:24

M0XGS

144MHz

C4FM

13:25

2E0LKC

144MHz

FM

13:26

2E0LMD

144MHz

FM

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