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<\/a><\/p>\nAccess is over the stile in the lay by and then follow the road North until Raise Beck.\u00a0 Initially the path is not clear as there are many options created by the sheep.\u00a0 Choose whichever seems the best option heading for the very obvious gully.\u00a0 Once you reach the gully then just follow the wall up until you reach the remains of the old boundary fence,\u00a0 This is quite There is plenty of room at the top to set up the station, there is both a large summit cairn and a shelter, either of which are suitable.\u00a0 On the day I did this summit it was also one of the 2m backpacker contest days so rather than calling CQ Sota I entered the contest.\u00a0 I only had limited time on the top but managed to squeeze in eight contacts in half an hour operating during which time I logged stations as far away as the Isle of White and into Scotland.\u00a0 See the contest map below.<\/p>\n Overall I was very pleased with this and only wished I had the time to work the full four hours of the contest.<\/p>\n The return route is simply a reverse of the route up so shouldn\u2019t be a problem.\u00a0 If you have more time than I did you may like to take in Grisedale Tarn which is just beyond the saddle.<\/p>\n Although the weather was lovely for most of the day, half way back down the clouds gathered and after a nearby clap of thunder the heaven opened, needles to say by the time we got back to the car\u00a0we both got absolutely soaked and what had been dry stream beds on the way up were now running off the side of the mountain.<\/p>\n Date \u2013 10th June 2018<\/p>\n Postcode \u2013 LA22 9RS<\/p>\n Parking \u2013 NY 329 111<\/p>\n Radio \u2013 Wouxan KG-UV6D + 50W PA on 2m<\/p>\n Antenna \u2013 2 ele dipole<\/p>\n Band \u2013 144 FM<\/p>\n Contacts \u2013 8<\/p>\n SOTA points \u2013 6<\/p>\n Group \u2013 Myself & Belinda<\/p>\n <\/p>\n G\/LD-022 \u2013 Seat Sandal Seat Sandal was a nice bonus summit.\u00a0 We were meant to be driving home from the Lakes on the Sunday but I managed to slip this one in on the way past. Parking is not ideal being on the side of the main A591 route through the Lake District but there … Continue reading Seat Sandal 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,6,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-english-summits","category-lake-district-summits","category-summits-on-the-air"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions\/1184"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_5213-150x150-1.jpg\")
<\/a>Parking is not ideal being on the side of the main A591 route through the Lake District but there is a lay by with room for a few cars.\u00a0 If this is full there is another lay by on the other side or the road just to the North a little way.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_5209-150x150-1.jpg\")
<\/a>obvious as it has bits of iron fence post still protruding from the ground.\u00a0 Here turn right and follow the old boundary wall to the top.\u00a0 There is a fairly easy, if steep, path alongside the wall to the top.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5b1e9e2d2c15a.png\")
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