{"id":162,"date":"2018-05-29T16:43:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2021-07-15T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T09:58:14","slug":"dunkery-beacon-selworthy-beacon-periton-hill-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/sota-summits-on-the-air\/english-summits\/dunkery-beacon-selworthy-beacon-periton-hill-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunkery Beacon, Selworthy Beacon, Periton Hill 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

A break in Minehead offered the opportunity to bag the three summits nearby.\u00a0 It is possible to walk between the three but in this case we decided it would be easier to drive to Dunkery Beacon and Selworthy Beacon and then get dropped off for Periton hill and an easy walk back into Minehead.<\/p>\n

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G\/SC-001, Dunkery Beacon<\/h2>\n

There are two good car parks for Dunkery Beacon, we chose the higher one located at\u00a0TA24 7AT\u00a0with a slightly longer walk in but less height to climb.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The path up to the beacon if very obvious and even though we were in cloud it is not a problem to follow.\u00a0 The beacon is very obvious and there is plenty of room to operate although the ground around the beacon is very stony and difficult to get pegs into.<\/p>\n

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Journey Details<\/h2>\n

Date \u2013 29th May 2018<\/p>\n

Postcode \u2013 TA24 7AT<\/p>\n

Parking \u2013 SS 903 419<\/p>\n

Radio \u2013 Kenwood TH-D74 + 50W PA on 2m<\/p>\n

Antenna \u2013 2 ele yagi<\/p>\n

Band \u2013 144 FM<\/p>\n

Contacts \u2013 9<\/p>\n

SOTA points \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Group \u2013 Myself, Belinda & Jacob<\/p>\n

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G\/SC-005, Selworthy Beacon<\/h2>\n

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The drive to Selworthy Beacon is not easy as there isn\u2019t a nearby postcode that I could find on the right road.\u00a0 Just have to do it the old fashioned way and use a map!\u00a0 TA24 5LB will get you one the right road but it\u2019s still quite a way from the parking.<\/p>\n

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Once parked it is a short walk over to the beacon where there is plenty of room to set up.\u00a0 Being a bit lower than Dunkery Beacon it is a bit more difficult to get out but I still managed to log six contacts which isn\u2019t bad for a Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

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Journey Details<\/h2>\n

Date \u2013 29th May 2018<\/p>\n

Postcode \u2013 TA24 5LB<\/p>\n

Parking \u2013 SS 923 478<\/p>\n

Radio \u2013 Kenwood TH-D74 + 50W PA on 2m<\/p>\n

Antenna \u2013 2 ele dipole<\/p>\n

Band \u2013 144 FM<\/p>\n

Contacts \u2013 6<\/p>\n

SOTA points \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Group \u2013 Myself, Belinda & Jacob<\/p>\n

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G\/SC-006, Periton Hill<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a short drive back into Minehead and out to Periton Cross for the walk up Periton Hill.\u00a0 The A39 is fairly busy making it difficult to stop there so it is easier to stop in Hopcott Close, TA24 5TA.\u00a0 There is room to park in the close, the walk up the hill starts on the other side of the A39 which is accessible from the close.<\/p>\n

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The route up the hill is fairly obvious.\u00a0 Once you reach the top path, the highest point is set back on a second path behind the trees so I decided to operate on the more northerly path which has a better takeoff towards the North and East.\u00a0 This point is at 292m so well within the AZ.<\/p>\n

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I soon made six contacts which I was happy with as it\u2019s such a low hill.\u00a0 I only saw one other person out walking on the hill, the tourists preferring the pleasures of Minehead.\u00a0 From the summit I walked back into Minehead via the town centre which was certainly a contrast to the peace of the hill!<\/p>\n

Journey Details<\/h2>\n

Date \u2013 29th May 2018<\/p>\n

Postcode \u2013 TA24 5TA<\/p>\n

Parking \u2013 SS 955 457<\/p>\n

Radio \u2013 Kenwood TH-D74 + 50W PA on 2m<\/p>\n

Antenna \u2013 2 ele dipole<\/p>\n

Band \u2013 144 FM<\/p>\n

Contacts \u2013 6<\/p>\n

SOTA points \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Group \u2013 Myself<\/p>\n

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A break in Minehead offered the opportunity to bag the three summits nearby.\u00a0 It is possible to walk between the three but in this case we decided it would be easier to drive to Dunkery Beacon and Selworthy Beacon and then get dropped off for Periton hill and an easy walk back into Minehead. G\/SC-001, … Continue reading Dunkery Beacon, Selworthy Beacon, Periton Hill 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":[16,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-english-summits","category-south-central-summits","category-summits-on-the-air"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162","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=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1206,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions\/1206"}],"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=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}