Yes, that about sums up today’s activation of Coity Mountain GW/SW-012 and Mynydd Carn-y-cefn GW/SW-014.
The only splash of colour was where I added it with a SOTA flag, wire winders and Ducky!
I’m sure the sun will come back soon!
Thanks to all the chasers (yes even the 4x 2m FM S2Ss - )
It was very cold in the wind when we did them last Friday (16th) but there was occasional sunshine so it looked a lot less grey. No hoar frost either but the street where we parked (by the Round Towers) was coated in verglass when we arrived as were parts of the track,
Quite strange that a summit with fewer than 50 logged activations should have been done six times already this year , assuming I have remembered the Alerts and Spots correctly for those not yet logged.
That’s about how I felt about a couple summits at the beginning in January. W3/PD-003 and 004 were absolute pains that took two tries because of conditions. Just add trees everywhere to your pics, and that’s how it was OM. HIHI…73 - W3AAX
It was very different in the Peak District. Although it was cloudy while I was activating, the sun soon came out and I enjoyed a magnificent 9 mile walk in snow across the Peak. Using buses meant that a linear walk could be done.
…but having got fit through cycling I soon discovered that the fitness was not “transferable”. Different muscles clearly get used when walking in deep snow; thus the final mile home from the bus stop was purgatory.