Tuesday 26th October Three Reservoirs

A beautiful interlude in a period of really bad weather. Yesterday it rained all day, but this morning was a magical drive across the moor - with a low autumn sun and whispy bits of mist.

The first of the reservoirs nearly empty.

A new warning sign - never seen one like this before.  Of course we were in a forest which is a dangerous place - you could easily slip on the leaves or trip on a rock or even fall in an empty reservoir (there being not much water to break your fall).  As we become more health and safety aware we can surely expect lots more warning signs.

And so to enjoy the autumn colours in the autumn sunshine.

This is the second reservoir and was effectively empty.

So to the third reservoir and this is the one that's got the fish in it and is reserved for the anglers.  So they are keeping all the water in this one so the fish don't die and of course they make a lot of money selling fishing permits.

All of the reservoirs were lower than when we came in August.  We are going to need a lot of rain over the winter months to fill them up or we could be in real trouble with water shortages next year!

Lunch was in The Cleave at Lusltleigh and jolly good it was to - well if you had the spare ribs that is! The  good weather interlude was over - out of the pub and back to very heavy rain again - we were lucky this morning but then I think we are very lucky every Tuesday morning to do what we do.

Walking in the sunshine today Terry, Rosemary, Harry, Charlie, Carol and Roger.

Tuesday 9th August - The Three Reservoirs

New Territory for everyone - the three adjacent reservoirs north east of Lustleigh.  Another beautiful summers day.  A long drive and a very narrow road from the main road to the car park.

Trenchford Reservoir is the first adjacent to the car park.  We followed the footpath through the trees before coming to...

..the long foot bridge but with water levels very low there was only grass below.

 

Over the road and our first view of Tottiford Reservoir - this is the one with the lowest level of water.

Half way along there is the Causeway a bridge which goes over the Reservoir

Then on to Kennick Reservoir - this has the most water and is reserved for anglers only.  No adjacent footpaths for walkers - apparently walkers might disturb the fish!

Now for a loop around the woods, past Clampit house but no sign of Jed and past this old burial ground.

Through a tunnel of trees...

...and eventually back to the reservoir reserved for the anglers.

 

Finally back through the woods to the cars and on to...

....The Cleave at Lustleigh where everyone had croque-monsieur and enjoyed the warm sunshine.

Walking today Rosemary, Terry, Harry, Roger, Carol, Charlie and Linda