Monday 19th November 2018 - Walbury Hill G/SE-001

Gig: The Sound of Music

Venue: Brookdale Theatre, Bramhall, Stockport

For the second day running, I started out from Chandlers Ford in Hampshire, where Marianne’s sister Charmaine had been kindly putting me up either side of the Portsmouth gig.  I set the Google Nav for Walbury Hill, and this deposited me at the opposite end of the byway from the previous usual start point.  It was still a short easy walk though, and access to the trig point was simple. 

It was significantly colder than the previous two days, exacerbated by the strong wind.  It then started to rain and my thoughts turned to the chances of success with a 2m FM handheld activation.  This worked out OK.  It wasn’t like the busy VHF north, but I got four contacts within 15 minutes and no stress.  A fifth was added using C4FM Fusion before I took the short walk back to the car. 

The drive home was very sluggish between Warwick and Sandbach, and I only just had time for a cup of tea at home, before heading out on the next gig.