Day 2: Mini G/SC Expedition - Day 2
For my last day in G/SC on this trip I planned to activate the curiously named Wills Neck G/SC-002 in the Quantock Hills. There doesn’t seem to be a consensus over the origin of the name but a local tribe who fought the Romans may be involved.
I was slightly disturbed to see signs as I approached the summit that the road ahead was closed for work on the telephone lines. I ignored them of course and drove on to find no work was happening and the road was open.
The last half kilometre to the car park at Lydeard Hill south east of the summit is very narrow with low hanging branches. I got through and the solar panels were given a good dusting but if anyone else comes this way in a motorhome, park at the junction just before this stretch where there are some suitable gravel areas.
When I left after the the activation I took a different route through Kingston St Mary to Taunton. This was a much better road than the one I used through West Bagborough. I would recommend the Kingston St Mary route for anyone approaching from the M5.
From the car park it is a 2 km walk to the trig point. The advantage of coming from the south east is the car park is only just below the summit so it is an easy walk.
Obligatory trig point photo.
Not obvious in the photo are a lot of cranes and buildings in the distance. I thought it might be Bristol Docks but checking the map it was Hinckley Point where they are building a new nuclear power station. It is a slow project - by the time they finish there is a possibility nuclear fusion might (possibly!) be perfected and it will be obsolete. 
I set up the usual equipment.
Finding conditions much better than yesterday I logged 12 QSOs on 30m including two S2S, with @IK2LEY/P on I/LO-178 and @F5MOG/P on FL/VO-011.
A change to 20m SSB brought in another 10 QSOs including another S2S with @F4IYY/P on F/AM-665.
I then gave 2m FM a try and got one contact with 2W0VEY.
Switching to 20m FT4 then 17m and 10m FT8 brought in another 11 QSOs. I could see lots of stations in South America on 10m but my 10W was not enough to reach them today.
I had brought 6m and 10m delta loops but not the coax cable I needed to use them so they stayed in their bag.
A successful activation which without being planned as one was a 4 modes activation, CW, SSB, FM and Digital.
Huge thanks to everyone for all the QSOs.
