Rain, drizzle and heavy cloud as we set off from the car park below Little Staple Tor.
Soon we were on the ridge and Great Staple Tor emerged out of the cloud.
Along to Roos Tor. The red flag indicating that firing was taking place although our resident military expert thought it was extremely unlikely in the weather conditions simply because they wouldn't be able to see the targets!
Of course, the Logan capstone had to be rocked.
We headed down hill to Wedlake and out of the cloud.
Up again to Stephen's Grave and on to Cuddliptown Down where Tom and I took a slightly different route to the others as we contoured around Hill. The OS maps shows that there was once a fort on White Tor and we did wonder if this gully was a part of some outer defences. It didn't look as though it could have been a used as a leat.
The main group came around from below and followed us up to White Tor...
.... as another mass of cloud closed in...
We stopped on White Tor for our picnic lunch although it was hardly picnic weather and I think most of us were pleased to get moving again afterwards.
We louped around to the wall corner and then over and down to the River Walkham to find the old...
... Blowing House.
Up around Merrivale quarry to the Sett makers Bankers where cobbled stones were formed out of the granite for the streets in Plymouth and Tavistock.
With Terry, Jon, Brenda, Ann, Tom, Dianne and Darren
