Tuesday 10th July Sandy Hole Pass

From the car park at Postbridge.

Through Braddon Lake and up to the wall with Row Tor in the distance and on to...

...the waterfall.

With a good head of water with all the rain.

Turning left to follow the river - past the many gullies left by the tinners and on to...

Sandy Hole Rocks at the south east end of the pass (228).


Then into Sandy Hole Pass

You can still see where the tinners narrowed the river at this point to increase the speed of the flow to assist with their working.

Sandy Hole Rocks at the north east end of the pass (229)

 Then over the very soft and wet ground which was hard going.  Rosemary would have hated this!

Cut Hill in the distance.
 
Kit Rocks (230)...

...and the valley of the East Dart River

Well there must be somewhere where we can cross!

The sheer remoteness of it all.

We picked up the line of the Range Markers which led us to...

Flat Tor (231) - no difficulty understanding how it got the name!

Just below Flat Tor is a crater which is the crash site of RN Sea Vixen FAW1 XN648.  This entered a spin at 28,000 feet.  The pilot could not recover the aircraft and both crew ejected safely. This happened on 30th May 1965.  Behind the crater appears to be some sort of weather station.

Looking back at Flat Tor - and a heavy shower behind it.

Just before car park this farmer was practising with his sheep dog - an amazing degree of control.

Showers and rain were forecast - we were lucky with a few spots only.

With Charlie and Roger

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