Wednesday 27th March Shelstone Tor

Another cold day but at least we had some sunshine.  We set off from just below Prewley Waterworks and made our way out to Shelstone Tor.

Shelstone Tor in the middle distance and Yes Tor behind.

Jon on the logan stone.

The view across to Black Tor.


Looking back to Sourton Tors.

We took the easier slope up to Corn Ridge - avoiding the icy bits and the heavy frost made the going much firmer.

The view back to Homerton Hill.

Looking down the West Okement valley.

Branscombe's Loaf - but we didn't go there.

Around and down to the Tiger Marsh crash site...

 ...where on 25th December 1943  a B17 crashed killing 5 and injuring 3.
















Through a boggy bit and down to the track and we took a break by the 'points',  before continuing to Sourton Tors....

...where there was much debate about the lines in the granite and how they were formed - but no conclusions!



From here we returned to the cars and onwards to the Fox and Hounds for an excellent lunch and  discussion about the format of the walking programme for the next 6 months.

With Ian, Helen, John, Jon, Pete and Anne

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