Off “down south” as we say in my part of the world.
Two weeks of gentle activating punctuated by other activities.
Alerts are up on SOTA Watch. Take the times with a pinch of salt. I’ve put on all the bands I might use. If I have time, the WX plays nicely and propagation makes it worthwhile, then I’ll do them all, but it’s likely 145-fm and 7-ssb will be most used, with 5-ssb next and 14-ssb last.
Hoping that the Met Office have got the weather a bit wrong… or I’m going to need my umbrella and waterproofs quite a lot!
That looks like a full program. I’ve only tried one summit in G/SE land and drew a blank on 145 FM. But that was mid-week. It might be better at the weekends.
Ah yes… was a struggle but we got there I the end!
Stayed dry apart from 1 shower as we arrived.
Pouring down now on to the roof of our van at the Henley Caravan club site.
Moved Thursdays planned G/SC hills to Wednesday due to good WX forecast. Alerts have been amended. Times will be revised I am sure. Got diesel for the van today… £1.489!!!
Nice to see a broon coo darn sarf. I’ve always found them quite placid. Paul G4MD and I have had to walk through a herd of them on several occasions in order to ascend a scottish hill. The most troublesome was back in 2016 when we stayed on Mull. Getting the car away from the cottage and up the track down the valley was often time consuming as they stood on the track, mainly where there was a gate. How do you allow for such things when working out an itinerary?
The week in Mull was brilliant. My wife Bev handled all the catering. All that Paul and I had to do was ensure that beer was on the shopping list. On several days we ended up being chaufered back to the cottage after our day on the hills - that after her initial concern over single track roads with passing places.
On several days we ended up being chaufered back to the cottage after our day on the hills - that after her initial concern over single track roads with passing places.