SOTA – Shining Tor – My first SOTA Activation in the UK

Saturday 21 May 2016. I have arranged to meet Mickey 2E0YYY at the Cat and Fiddle Inn near Buxton in the Peak District. 5 months earlier I mentioned to Mickey of our travel plans to the UK, including two days in the Peak District. I had considered taking amateur radio equipment on our overseas holiday…

Birthday in Birch Vale UK

For my birthday, my wife and I have returned to my birth town of Birch Vale in the UK.  Birch Vale is in the Peak District of Derbyshire, between New Mills and Hayfield.  The population of Birch Vale is about 2000. We are staying at the Waltzing Weisel, a BnB in the center of Birch…