All around Haytor

My first proper evening walk of the year and a great one it was. Haytor in the sun is a very popular place however in the evening you get great sunsets from this area with far less people about. The path to Bag Tor is a permitted path at this time of year which climbs the hill to the corner of the field, before heading along the wall to Rippon Tor and the sunset.

Start – Cold East Cross

Route – Rippon Tor – Saddle Tor – Holwell Tor – Haytor – Bag Tor – Rippon Tor – Cold East Cross

Distance – 5.5miles Start time – 17.30am Time taken – 3 1/2 hrs Highest Point – Rippon Tor 473m

Weather – Cloudy to start but the promised sunset was there

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Rippon Tor from Cold East Cross

And looking back down to Cold East Cross

Princetown mast as I climb to Rippon Tor

Trig point of Rippon Tor with Haytor behind

All the way to the sea at Teignmouth

On Saddle Tor now and the looking the same way as the previous picture

On Saddle Tor now and looking the same way as the previous picture

Looking across to Holwell Tor (right) from Saddle Tor with Hound Tor behind

Haytor from Holwell Tor

And looking back to Rippon Tor

Top Tor from Holwell Tor

Fantastic bluebell display on the lower slopes of Hound Tor opposite

Haytor

And looking to Rippon Tor from on top of Haytor

Princetown mast from Haytor

Haytor to the sea

Looking down to Bag Tor

And the reverse, Bag Tor to Haytor

Looking to the sea from Bag Tor

Haytor from the walk across to Rippon Tor. It was here I saw a sheep with its head and horns caught in a wire fence. Managed to get it free to do my good deed for the day.