Ward's Stone, G/SP-003 - 561m ASL - SD 592 587 - OS Explorer OL41 - 2 SOTA points
Sunday 13th February 2022
Waterproofs worked. Never emerged from 6 hours hiking in
constant heavy rain so dry! Stupidly I went to the 561m trig on Ward’s
Stone first. Just one contact from there. Remembered that the other
trig (560m) has a much better VHF take-off so walked the kilometre or so over to
there and got the other three contacts. Cancelled the 3rd summit - but
forgot to delete the waypoint in the satnav, so wasted some time following
country lanes around to the foot of Fair Snape Fell - doh! I’m getting
more and more confident of qualifying activations on most G and GW summits on
just a 2m handheld and rubber duck. Quick, easy - and minimises “ranger danger”
too.
Heavy rain continued through the day. My new waterproofs
held firm! Much longer walk than I remembered it to be - but maybe because
the first time I’ve done it in winter - or maybe I’m just getting old!
Time |
Callsign |
Band |
Mode |
15:14 |
G6HMN |
144MHz |
FM |
15:31 |
2E0XLG/P |
144MHz |
FM |
15:33 |
G6AEK |
144MHz |
FM |
15:34 |
M5EVT |
144MHz |
FM |
|