Lynch Tor

It’s June and time to lengthen the mileage walked, I headed first over tors I have visited before in the Staple Tors and Roos Tor. However this time I carried on out the back of Roos Tor to Cocks Hill (not worth the effort!) and Lynch Tor (more than made up for Cocks Hill), before doubling back to White Tor. Finishing with a leg busting haul up to Cox Tor (should have stayed lower through the dip!!).

Start – Merrivale
Route – Little Staple TorMiddle Staple TorGreat Staple TorRoos TorCocks HillLynch TorLangstone MoorWhite TorCox Tor – Merrivale
Distance – 8.5miles    Start time – 9.45am     Time taken – 5 1/2 hrs    Highest Point – Lynch Tor 510m
Weather – Mainly cloudy, some sun on Lynch Tor

© Crown copyright 2014 Ordnance Survey FL 2014 SF
© Crown copyright 2014 Ordnance Survey FL 2014 SF
Looking up to Little Staple Tor from the car park
Looking up to Little Staple Tor from the car park
Lynch Tor 2
And from Little Staple Tor looking back
Bit of zoom to the River Tamar and the bridge
Bit of zoom to the River Tamar and the bridge
Lynch Tor 4
Middle Staple Tor views
Lynch Tor 5
Next stop is Great Staple Tor
Roos Tor looking back to Great Staple Tor
Now on Roos Tor looking back to Great Staple Tor
Behind Roos Tor the path leads to Langstone Moor
With views across to Great Mis Tor
Langstone Moor stone circle
The River Walkham below Great Mis Tor
Boggy Cocks Hill looking to Lynch Tor
Boggy Cocks Hill looking to Lynch Tor
Not much up on Cocks Hill so I didn’t hang around
The Lych Way, the bumps in the distance I think are Beardown Tors.
Fabulous views to Cornwall
Fabulous views to Cornwall from Lynch Tor
Lynch Tor 15
Furthest to the right my next target, White Tor
Looking north, Great Links Tor the high point at the back
Lynch Tor 19
High Willhays again to the north (the bump in the distance)
Love it up here, great views to Cornwall across the valley
Looking back to Lynch Tor
Looking back to Lynch Tor
And ahead to White Tor
And ahead to White Tor
The menhir on Langstone Moor
From White Tor zooming in on Great Links Tor
From White Tor zooming in on Great Links Tor
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White Tor summit, looking to Great Mis Tor
Lynch Tor 27
Cox Tor to the right my final tor
White Tor military flag post
A farming scene with Brentor at the back as I head to Cox Tor
Lynch Tor 30
My legs were burning when I finally reached Cox Tor, it was further than it looked to get round from White Tor to here
Lynch Tor 32
I spy an ice cream van in the car park! As I descend down the front of Cox Tor

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