Jimmy and I decided to drive into Snowdonia anyway, and see if things improved. We arrived at the parking spot for Pen Llithrig y Wrach GW/NW-013 and Creigiau Gleision GW/NW-028, just in front of Tryfan GW/NW-006. Jimmy still wasn't too sure about his tummy, and the weather was worsening. After much deliberation, we agreed on a cop-out plan of activating the Great Orme GW/NW-070 and heading home.

   

This meant we now had plenty of time to activate how we liked and play radio. After sticking the pay-and-display ticket in the car and walking up to the trig point, we then dropped down the other side of the summit, and loitered around the back of the summit complex and cable car terminus structures, deliberating on the best shelter from the considerable wind. We eventually settled on a grassy bank with a lovely view North East over the Irish Sea.  It turned out we were lucky. The rain never came all day, it was sunny, and we had total shelter from the wind. It was cold, but we donned two fleeces each under our jackets, so kept warm effectively.

   

I set up the lot. The 80m dipole and the 40m dipole were erected on the same fishing pole, so it had six lines radiating from it instead of the usual three! I then set up, for the first time, my new SB270 beam.

A summary of our results, from an activation lasting from 1218 to 1630 UTC is:

74 contacts, 9 band/mode combinations. I also wanted to do 15SSB, 15CW, 6SSB, 6CW, 6FM and 2CW - but failed due to lack of condx/response.  One summit-to-summit contact was with Roger G4OWG/P on Rombalds Moor G/NP-028.  The drive home was most unusual, in that it did not involve a lengthy queue on the A55.  Many thanks to the following stations, all worked with 5 watts: