A walk to remove the excesses of Christmas and what a walk we had, fantastic blue sky, crisp and a great route. This has to be one of my favourite walks on Dartmoor and you can add more onto this walk if the days are longer heading on towards Rough Tor and back via Beardown Tor.
| Start – Parson’s Cottage, roadside |
| Route – Crockern Tor – Littaford Tor – Little Bee Tor – Longaford Tor – Higher White Tor – Wistman’s Wood – Crockern Tor – Parson’s Cottage |
| Distance – 4 1/2 miles Start time – 12.15pm Time taken – 3hrs Highest Point – Higher White Tor 522m |
| Weather – Stunning day, very sunny, clear and crisp |
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Wrapped up and ready to go
The view to North Hessary Tor and the mast from Crockern Tor
Striding out with Beardown Tor behind
Littaford and Longaford Tors ahead
West Dart valley centre with Beardown Tor above
Bit of zoom to Bellever Tor, where we were last month, with Haytor in the distance
Beardown Tor from Littaford Tor
Longaford Tor left and Higher White Tor right
Looking north from Higher White Tor, Rough Tor in the distance
And the easterly view towards Postbridge
Me and the boys on Higher White Tor
Higher White Tor summit with Longaford Tor left, far right is Great Mis Tor
Back into the sun
Heading down to Wistman’s Wood looking up the West Dart valley
The course of the West Dart river
Wistman’s Wood
Wistman’s Wood and the twisted upland oak trees
Looking back to Wistman’s Wood and the West Dart valley
Longaford and Littaford Tors up on the right
Icy cold patterns
At the end of the walk the view across towards Ter Hill in the distance
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