Thursday 02/09/2021:
Having learned my lesson yesterday, I left the heater on all night and the camper was acceptably warm this morning. I got packed up fairly quickly and headed off to the only summit of the day: Goldeck OE/KT-076. Once again, I was treated to a fantastic high alpine road that wound its way for hundreds of metres up the mountain. The air was still cold, but there was hardly any wind compared with yesterday. I left the bike, fully laden, in the car park and headed up the hill. The summit looks small from below:
But when I got to the top, I found one of the best places to activate I have ever seen:
This is certainly vying with Aibelhöhe OE/ST-468, for my favourite summit, but the beer dispenser on Aibelhöhe still wins out, just.
With warm sunshine and light winds, there was plenty of time to activate 20 & 30m. The only fly in the ointment was the repetitive pulse from the electric fence.
The walk back down provided stunning views to the south:
From Goldeck, it was only 1.5 hours drive to Camping Lindlerhof, where I am currently relaxing:
This must be one of the best campsites I have ever stayed at. The facilities are well done out and completely spotless. You can buy organic produce from a fridge at reception (honesty box), and they serve a good range of food in the evenings. It’s only €15 a night to camp:
https://www.lindlerhof.at/de/campingplatz.html
Tomorrow it’s the big one: Hochalpenstraße and only the second activation of the Baumgartlkopf OE/SB-024.
73 de OE6FEG
Matt