I did High Rigg in 2019 walking the short but steep route from the north starting at St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale. Checking my log I see I got only three 2m-FM contacts and needed to do some HF CW to qualify the activation.
It was with some trepidation therefore when I did High Rigg again three weeks ago (20th. August) walking with my wife and sister-in-law knowing I would at best have a short time at the summit for a 2m-FM-only activation.
We took the much longer but more interesting route from the south starting on the A591 north of Thirlmere. It rained most of the time and my non-radio companions were already a bit fed up by the time we reached the summit area. While they sheltered below out of the cold wind I raced up to the summit to play radio. Contacts were slow coming and I was about to give up after 3 QSOs when I got a 4th one and narrowly avoided a failed activation. My advice: take HF if you can.