Full information:- SOTA summit G/SP-002 Black hill
Wab Sq SD80 trig TP3980 - Holme Moss
Well, i have been contemplating it for a while… Black Hill, my Local SOTA! Only 20 mins in the car from my house…
Messaged a pal to see if he fancied it Andy M7BOA, he did so we set off up the hill! Now im pretty unfit and love my pies and beer a bit too much, but i do enjoy a walk! We decided upon setting off from the “isle of Skye road” following the Pennine way to the summit trig point, and activating from there! (bags me another WAB trig too). anyway, i found it a proper SLOG up that hill, the climb up was relentless! nearly gave up at least once, but, i made it!
Contacts were very slow on the Yaesu FT4XE and Andy Baofeng was deaf, so we need to sort better kit next time… I managed the required 4, just! started with G6WBS/P Shane with a S2S from G/SP-015 the cloud, then a pal of mine came on out of the blue, G8UVC Peter in Oldham many many minutes later another S2S. M0RWX/P Robert on G/NP-005 Ingleborough and finally M1HLL/P stan on Rivington pike!
4 contacts in the bag, and struggling to get more, we decided to head back to the vehicles. Great little afternoon out all in, and im bloomin aching now legs will be dead tomorrow! haha
M7BOA , Andy stood next to the trig point
FT4XE, and a log sheet!
Dean clough in the early spring sunshine
As usual, thanks to the chasers and SWLs!
Cheers Alan
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