Tuesday 9th April Bere Peninusla

A gloomy cool day but this is a beautiful area to walk - we started from the Bere Ferrers.

A talk about Lady Thatcher on 14th April.  Very topical with her passing away the day before - I wonder if it will now be sold out?




















Through the village..

...and on to the Tamar Valley Discovery Trail with a fine view of the River Tamar.

Posts in the mud at low tide.

On to Weir Quay

Through the woods and up to a higher level for the return.

Past the very traditional railway station.

On route there was much evidence that spring is waiting to spring - now if only it would warm up a bit nature could get on with it.

And then into The Old Plough Inn where it took and hour to produce the food and some of it wasn't worth waiting for!!

With Colin, Amber, Charlie, Rosemary, Terry and Harry.

Tuesday 2nd April Black Lane Post

We set off from Peat Cot on a clear sunny day with a bitterly cold wind heading to...

...Nun's Cross Farm.

Fox Tor in the distance to our left.

Across the leat and up to....

 The little cross on the stone...

 Two crosses now!  Thanks Charlie.

As we changed direction we met this Ten Tors Group from Torquay Grammer School - obviously they don't feel the cold like us!

The post on Cater's Beam came into view.

The post is an old railway sleeper and was put up as a navigation aid.

This is a bleak, remote and desolate place.

 We headed over to Fox Tor Girt along the edge of Black Lane.

Fox Tor Girt

 
It was decided that most of us would go back on the footpath which runs through the west end of the Fox Tor Mires.  The cottages in the distance are at Whiteworks.  Of course, there is no defined foot path because it is so wet. In we went...

... and arrived at the little bridge in the middle...

...and then out through some very wet stuff but, most of us didn't get wet feet!

Lunch was at the Prince of Wales - Amber who was feeling hungry went for the fish and chips! Also with Colin, Terry, Harry, Rosemary, Charlie, Brian and Bill.  And Bud and Brian in the pub.

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