I’d originally set off and gone to Wembury for a walk but I knew a better sunset would be had on Dartmoor, this walk didn’t disappoint in that respect. Good views and an orange sunset glow around Brentor in the west lifted the spirits at the end of a hard day. I knew this would be a walk I would return to in the years to come to see this sunset again and again.
| Start – Merrivale |
| Route Windy Post – Feather Tor – Heckwood Tor – Sampford Tor – Pew Tor – Whitchurch Common – Prowtytown Rocks – Merrivale |
| Distance – 2.5miles Start time – 19.30pm Time taken – 2 hrs Highest Point – Heckwood Tor 321m |
| Weather – Sunny with a lovely ending |
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The Staple Tors from the walk to Feather Tor
Looking back to the car park and Cox Tor behind
Vixen Tor below with Kings Tor and Swell Tor to the right and North Hessary Tor and the mast behind
Windy Post and Feather Tor just beyond
On Feather Tor with Pew Tor in the distance
Heckwood Tor now looking across to the pointy Sharpitor
Vixen Tor again from Heckwood Tor
I’d skirted around Pew Tor and then took this photo looking up at it from Sampford Tor
Nice views from Sampford Tor although its more a collection of outcrops than a tor
Plymouth Sound is over there in the haze
Lovely vista from Pew Tor now with the sun casting some lovely light on it
Left to right, Cox Tor, The Staple Tors and Great Mis Tor
Looking west over to Cornwall
Heading back to the car and a quick look back to Pew Tor
Within a few minutes the clouds all formed up and the sun setting cast some fantastic light across them
Stunning
Golden glow around Brent Tor
Love a good sunset, this one from Prowtytown Rocks
Glad I came, my 3rd sunset walk of the year and the best so far.
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