Well, a few weeks ago on a Saturday afternoon after I had finished work, the weather was the warmest it has been so far this year, so at 3:00 in the afternoon I decided on a quick ride the 10 or so miles to the small car park on the South side of Twmbarlwm, just outside Newport, South Wales.
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It also happened to be the afternoon of Tim Hughes‘ fabulous 145Alive event across the country. The main event finished at 3:30 so unfortunately by the time I had arrived and set up, the main event had all but completed but there were still several good folk hanging around 145.000 on 2M, so I was fortunate to have made a couple of nice QSO’s of over 50 miles across the south of the UK.
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Dave 2E0WHQ – Barbury Castle, Swindon
Gary 2E0NUN – Lambert Castle, Devon
Gary M0RCE – Bristol
Wilf M0WLE – Hartcliffe, Bristol
Steve M6EVR – Shirehampton
Sometimes good things happen, and we realise that we live in a very, very small world. In a previous post (but chronologically prior to this trip to Twmbarlwm) I rode across the old Severn Crossing to visit a smashing company in Bristol where I ordered some foam for my motorcycle back-box. Whilst I was there I was introduced to a member of staff who, yep, you’ve guessed it, was a radio amateur and none other than Gary… M0RCE who I had a QSO with during this trip.
Had I written up this blog in time i.e. before I ventured across the bridge, I would have realised when I met Gary in Bristol that we had only 2 days previously had a QSO.
Small world eh!