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Three days in May 2004
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Lothians
RAYNET have assisted with many sporting events in
and around Edinburgh over the years. Here we are
supporting the First Aid team during a Fun Run
round Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park. Edinburgh Castle can be seen in the background rising above the skyline. |
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Mountainbiking in the Pentland
Hills |
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| Riders coming down from Capelaw Hill towards Kirk Gate and the Glencorse reservoir. They were coming down the hill at some terrifying speeds. They all made the turn at the bottom; all except one that is: ..... | One rider took a tumble close to Kirk Gate, the location of one of the Lothians RAYNET operators - me, GM0AXY. The First Aid team was called to provide assistance. After a bit of bandaging of scratches and bruises the rider was back in the race none the worse for his experience. | ||||||||
SERC Events |
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During
the first full weekend in July 2002 Lothians
Raynet assisted the Scottish Endurance Riding
Club during their 2-day meet at Broughton in The
Scottish Borders. The distances covered by the
riders and horses according to class, were 15, 20
or 30 miles on each of the two days. The terrain
was partly open rolling farming country with hill
grazing and partly forest. The area to be covered
was some 8 x 3 miles with some hills going up to
over 500 metres altitude within the area of the
course. In order to provide radio safety cover over the whole of the course, it was decided that we would need someone to act as a relay station located on or near the top of one of the local hills. As luck would have it Charlie, GM6MUZ, drew the short straw, or did he really volunteer for that hike up the hill? He and his XYL - Alason set up a relay station in atrocious weather conditions; wet and windy with poor visibilty; on top of Trahenna Hill having carried up tent and equipment sufficient to sustain them for a day in the hills. |
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| Charlie operating from inside the tent. Could have been a marvelous view from up there ! | Charlie looking out for an opening in the weather while operating using the Alinco DJ-580E. | ||||||||
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| Simon - GM0SCA checking on a few details with Gavin - GM4GVJ at RAYNET Control before setting off for the Lammermuir Hills and the Vet Gate. | A rider approaching a Checkpoint with the Lammermuir Hills in the background | ||||||||
Scottish Endurance Riding Championship - 2002 During the 2nd weekend of
August 2002 the Scottish Endurance Riding
Championship was held at Kindrummond near Dorres,
a few miles south of Inverness. Raynet operators
from a number of groups came together for this 2-day
event; Inverness, Grampian, Tayside, Fife,
Strathclyde and Lothians groups were represented.
The slightly different styles of operating soon
converged, and everyone got into the swing of
tracking the riders through all the checkpoints. |
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| Here is Alex - GM6OGN (Lothians) looking after some of the paperwork while John - GM0OTI (Controller of Inverness Raynet) is having a stint at operating the Control Station at the venue Start/Finish. We had the benefit of a porta-cabin to establish Control in - made a big difference particularly in view of the weather. | The view towards the south from the Control Station. Loch Ness can be seen in the background. The weather was mixed, and the farmer's large 4-wheel drive tractor came in handy for pulling horseboxes out of the wet, and in parts muddy, field at the end of the event! | ||||||||
Page updated: 20th September 2004 |
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