Another enjoyable activation carried out during our road trip through New England, with a slightly longer hike than anticipated but more than made up for by an encounter with a likeable fire warden in his tower.
Continue readingAnother easy summit along our road trip along the I-95, with discreet parking and a short hike through pleasant woodland. Plenty of room at the top for antennas, not many people about.
Continue readingThere’s practically nothing to say about this one; the “summit” was a drive-up affair down a dirt road, the “hike” maybe 30 yards from the car. All very easy and relaxed.
Continue readingTwo weeks into a month long road trip through New England and Canada, and so far not one SOTA activation. Apart from one failed attempt at W1/EM-054 Spruce Mountain (woodland too dense at end of trail) we just hadn’t made much of an effort to get out, so this was a relatively easy drive-n-grab affair to break that duck.
Continue readingThis was one of the two summits we’d earmarked as potential drive-and-go activations while out and about, but with our days on the island dwindling away we decided to grab Puig des Recó before breakfast today. Still, a good hour from the hotel and half an hour’s climb made it a bit of a mission this morning.
Continue readingDidn’t really intend to do an activation this morning. Last night’s “Mallorcan suckling pig” dinner (i.e. roast pork) came with some lovely wine and, well, we had a bit of a lie-in this morning. No other plans though, so MA-040 was duly selected for a morning spot of hangover SOTA.
Continue readingFirst time on Mallorca and it’s a tad scorchio, so we’re going to kick off with an easy 2 point summit near our hotel in Port de Pollença. There’s easy parking for EA6/MA-048 just behind the little tunnel on the Formentor road but you need to bear in mind that non-authorised motor traffic is prohibited up here between the hours of 10:00 and 22:00.
Continue readingWe should have known that Rojar would be busy since it’s quite close to the coast (and therefore tourist population) but I didn’t anticipate that the crowds would be up so early.
Continue readingThis 10 point summit was chosen for today’s activation on the basis that parking should be easy for early arrivals, and that the whole way up is on marked paths. Add in a dead-end dogleg in order to reach the AZ and we should be in for a quiet morning.
Continue readingOur first ‘big’ one on Tenerife, Roque del Conde carries 8 points for a successful activation with another 3 points available for doing it in winter. And yes, I can’t believe I’m writing that as I sit here with the air conditioning cranked up, nursing a mild touch of sun.
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