Tuesday 10th January - Mariners Way

Very different conditions from two days ago. A strong cooling wind and the anticipation of rain. Starting from the car park on the main road below Shapley Tor.

Up a short distance to the stone circles.

Up again....

...by now everyone had put on their waterproofs

Shapley Tor

Hookney Tor.

Over towards King Tor - looking across to Haytor Rocks. A coffee break on King Tor then...

...very steeply down and off the moor to find the Mariners Way.

Over countless stiles - King Tor in the distance...

...to West Combe - a place which always appears to be just a short step away from dereliction.

Past what must be one of the largest ever granite gate posts.

In the event the rain didn't come to much and was much less than the forecast.

On to the Warren House Inn where the food more recently has been relatively poor. It was however served very, very quickly.  With Jon, Brenda, Stella, Charlie, Terry, Peter, Jane and Anne.

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