On Jan 11, 2026, Gary (N6BLU) and John (KK6GUK) set out to achieve a rare POTA goal by attempting a 30-park rove. The Lion award is granted to anyone who activates 30 parks during one UTC Day. Activators only get …

This park stretches along the northern edge of the Wirral Peninsula, locally know for a few Nature reserves and country Parks. For me the best location for operating from it is in the Town of New Brighton. It is now …

The original plan for a trip to this area was an overnight stay for our wedding anniversary, we have visited Lytham St Annes on numerous occasions in the past and is a typical seaside resort albeit a small one. Lytham …

The Great Orme is a headland formed of Limestone jutting out into The Irish Sea. Situated on the Coast of North Wales, one of the four Countries of the United Kingdom. My visit today was to revisit another favourite place …

The largest country park in the Wrexham area of Wales; Alyn Waters is situated in the beautiful Alyn Valley and is a Green Flag Award accredited site. There are a variety of woodland, grassland and riverside walks throughout the park helping …

This park has an affinity with me for so many reasons. The first time I visited it was in 1968, when I was an excited 7 year old. It was the first time I was away from home on a …

A Community Park Nature Reserve with the River Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal surrounding the island. Completely surrounded by water with a narrow iron bridge giving access from Runcorn main land. A very popular community park especially with local dog …

GB-0749 Sandstone National Scenic Trail, 34 miles of sometimes elevated pathways across the County of Cheshire. Starts at a Public House in the Village of Frodsham and extends the 34 Miles and ends at a Public House in the Village …

Jostedalsbreen national park is the home Europe’s largest remaining ice cap, the Jostedal glacier. With it’s 1310 square kilometers (323 k acres) it’s set up to protect some of the most amazing scenery in Western Norway. The park is one …

When people think about Norwegian nature, they usually think about deep fjords surrounded by tall snow-capped mountains. A perfect example of that is Frafjordheiane landscape reserve, located in Western Norway. Frafjordheiane is more than just mountains though, in the lower …

State forests is something new to the POTA program in Norway, where the absolute majority of parks are nature reserves. NO-3259 Myklebust/osli State Forest is a very small one compared to the majority of them, but it is also a …

All along the Norwegian coast you’ll find heavy fortifications, most of which were either built or improved during WW2, where they took part in the German Atlantic Wall defenses. One of the most epic remaining parts of it is one …

Drive 21 miles south of the Golden Gate Bridge and you’ll pass the coastal town of Pacifica and end up at a place known as Devil’s Bunker, located in the Devil’s Slide area. If you look right towards the ocean, …

If you’re on a cargo ship, oil tanker, car carrier, or any other ship there is no way of crossing into or out of the San Francisco Bay without passing by this brick fortification off the south end of the …

I was in California for the Grateful Dead’s 60th Anniversary celebration, three glorious shows at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco with some killer guests and openers, a bit of a pilgrimage for this longtime Deadhead. I live on the …

The area is every bit as bleak as the photos indicate. There was quite a bit of trash back here, old mattress springs and car parts, and plastic barrels that I had no intention of looking into. Clothing, toys, just …

Activating the last park of Massachusetts started more as an informative Discord session of, “What if?” than an actual plan. In the 1-Derland Discord, where a lot of Ham Radio Crash Course Discord Members of call region 1 find themselves, …

It was a hot summer day a few miles down the trail in The Forest of Nisene Marks, and I spotted a little bridge crossing Aptos Creek down a small side path. A perfect place to stop, adjust the pack, …

Chockalog Swamp is, in fact, a swamp, and for quite a while was unactivated. It’s a classic case of driving out to see what it looked like …

In late September I ventured northward to the Grafton area of Massachusetts and US-11513 Martha Deering WMA. This was the most uninviting spot I’ve been to so far, and to be fair the notice mentioned that it was ‘unimproved’. There’s …