I took the track down to Peat Cot where there is this old Weslyan Chapel. A friendly chap had been employed by the Duchy of Cornwall to clean all the algae off and paint it. Inside it is tiny and used for storage.
I went over the leat and out on to the open moor...
...and down to the Strane River to find Strane Tor (124). This is hardly a tor just a little cliff on the edge of the river.
Even though I had come to a remote part of the moor I was not alone. These two other guys were there for the same reason as me. They are also visiting all the tors on Dartmoor. They have been doing this for the last 4 years and have nearly completed them. I was the only person they had ever met doing a similar thing!
Looking back down the valley.
I continued over Royal Hill and on to the Dartmoor Way by the Crock of Gold. This part of the track goes from Princetown to Hexworthy.
Then a short walk to Blackey Tor (125). This one is a bit off the the 'beaten track' - you can't easily go anywhere else from here - so it isn't one you would normally visit.
...towards Longaford Tor...
...shaped by the elements
Then back to the Dartmoor Way, up to the Peat Cot track and across to South Hessary Tor (126)...
...with the North Hessary Tor mast in the distance.
Finally back to Princetown with this view of Dartmoor prison.
The committee had decided that with bad weather forecast (which didn't happen) we would have a pub lunch again so we all joined up in the Prince of Wales for lunch - with Bud, Brian, Roger, Charlie, Terry and Rosemary
