2 PAFF activations on one day: Mariënwaerdt and Loevestein

It's March 20 and another sunny day with above normal temperatures. This will be my first attempt to activate 2 parks on one day by bicycle. From Culemborg it's only a 10 minute ride to the Zeedijk. From here a couple of paths run across the water to nature reserve of Mariënwaerdt (PAFF-0266, new area). Walking along my bike I arrived at a large pasture where I set up my station.

It took some effort to make the required 44 contacts but I had a nice QSO with KD1CT on 30 meters and a P2P QSO with OK3DM.

From the Zeedijk it is a 30 km trip to Loevestein, PAFF-0135. I found a great spot along the river Waal with a direct view of the 14th century castle. 

Propagation was better here and being close to the river also helped. I made a nice DX QSO with KG8P in Michigan and two P2P QSO's. The final contact was a rag-chew with Stew GW0ETF who was camping on an island at the Welsh coast, Ramsey island EU-124. Around 5 o'clock in the afternoon I arrived home, tired but satisfied.