Stunning Rainbow
I went out for a walk up East Cairn Hill this morning. I set out in drizzle, but it was dry most of the time. It did rain a bit while I was at the summit, but fortunately the wind was strong enough that the rain was blowing upwards so I could shelter behind a drystone wall and keep myself and my radio completely dry.
I did a SOTA activation, with contacts on VHF from Greenock and Cumbria (as well as a few local ones), and on HF international contacts from Spain, France, Germany. Switzerland, Greece and Sweden. One of the Swiss contacts was also on a summit there - Buechberg/ Dunkelboden apparently, which at 650m is not exactly the tallest peak in the country. He was only 80m higher than I was!
Word of the walk was BOG - I will be drying out my boots (and the lower half of my trousers for a week. My gaiters had to be hosed off before I could bring them in the house...
Extras:
At the summit (another rainbow in background)
Radio in the wild...
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