Saturday 17th August 2013 saw the full quorum of the Read family driving north to Cairnryan and then on the ferry to Larne, home of Marianne's dad, also called Jimmy. We had booked a nice apartment overlooking the sea 4 miles north in Ballygalley.

       

The following morning, Sunday 18th August 2013, Jimmy M(I)0HGY and I got up at 5am and made a serious start on some SOTAing. First we drove back through Larne and onto the country lanes for a crack at Slievetrue GI/AH-010. This used to be called Carn Hill, but was renamed in the latest revision of the Hills Database, and subsequently the GI ARM.

       

From the top of the transmitter road, it is a very short walk to the summit trig, and we were QRV before 0630z. I made 12 contacts on 12m, 10 on CW and two on SSB. Jimmy made the requisite four QSOs on 2m FM. We then made our way to Big Collin GI/AH-008.