A short walk around Corndon Tor

The weather was set to change in the afternoon and I decided I didn’t wish to be out in it when it started raining. A short walk was needed and the Yar Tor area gives you 3 summits with very little effort. The views from each are brilliant and I can imagine the sunsets from here are spectacular. Mental note made for next year!!

Start – Roadside under Yar Tor
Route – Yar TorCave Penney Memorial Corndon TorSharp Tor – Roadside under Yar Tor
Distance – 2 1/2 miles    Start time – 11.00am     Time taken – 1 3/4hrs    Highest Point – Corndon Tor 434m
Weather – Some sun, clouding over towards the end

© Crown copyright 2014 Ordnance Survey FL 2014 SF
© Crown copyright 2014 Ordnance Survey FL 2014 SF
Looking back to the car from the ascent, Sharp Tor to the left, I’ll be there later
The summit of Yar Tor
Lovely views, with Cut Hill in the distance middle right
Further round with the Princetown mast to the left
Yar Tor cairn with Ryders Hill behind
Corndon Tor from Yar Tor
The flat topped Hameldown Beacon in view from the summit shelter
Cave Penney Memorial
Looking over to Yar Tor and Princetown mast beyond
Corndon bronze age cairn to the north
Looking south with South Hams in the far distance and Sharp Tor jutting up behind the granite
Haytor Rocks can clearly be seen
Summit hogger with his tripod on Corndon Tor, I’d done the out and back to the bronze age cairn in the hope he’d move on, but he was staying put
Sharp Tor
The Dart Valley from Sharp Tor
Ryders Hill from Sharp Tor
Tors visited so far Yar Tor left and Corndon Tor right
Car park below with North Dartmoor beyond as I walk back to the car, I got back in time before the rain fell

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