Well it wasn't meant to be like this. We left home as the sun was breaking through but by the time we had got to Princetown we were in thick fog and so it continued all the way to the other side of the moor. Usually it's the other way round with brighter weather on the east side but not today. We set off from the car park below Top Tor and a few minutes later Top Tor appeared out of the gloom!
On to Pil Tor, Tunhill Rocks and down to the ford which crosses the stream coming out of Blackslade Mire - now looking a little brighter and...
...we could see the path ahead of us.
Past the Darmoor Ponies and on to...
Buckland Beacon and the Ten Commandments stones - looking much worse than we could remember and now impossible to read all of the text.
Around us the sun began to tease with little splashes of bright sunshine.
We stopped here for a break.
Then continued on to Welstor and turned to come back - Rippon Tor on the right was still in cloud and our next destination.
We stopped at the Nut Crackers...
...where Terry went looking for the Logan Stone.
Across in the distance we could now see Top Tor clearly.
On to the top of Rippon Tor for our picnic. One moment Haytor could be seen and the next it had gone again as the cloud and mist swept in and out. Rippon Tor is one of those dominating tors - it can be seen for miles around but when you are on it, it doesn't feel at all significant.
Bright sunshine on the way home left me thinking we might have seen more if we had delayed the walk to the afternoon - but that is not the way we do it on a Tuesday!!
With Linda, Terry, Rosemary, Chris and Roger
