This is a second go at a walk I tried a few weeks ago, it was the end of a good week of weather and Saturday was forecast as the last decent day. In the end it turned out to be very hazy and the cloud came over towards the end. However it was finally good to get up Great Links Tor and I extended the original route a bit to add in Kitty Tor and Bleak House. The walk back over Doe Tor is a lovely way down, its a simple tor to get to the top of and there’s a small bridge over the Doetor Brook to take you back towards the bridge over the River Lyd.
Starting off and looking back to the car park and hazy views to CornwallStill much better than the last time I was hereThe stepping stones can be crossed this time as well, Arms Tor behindGreat Nodden to the left……..…..and Little Links Tor aheadOn Little Links Tor looking back to Arms Tor and Brat TorA short distance uphill I reach Great Links Tor trig pointLooking down to Little Links Tor with Great Nodden behindGreat Links Tor summit with the Dunna Goat Tors next on the list, not the easiest tor to climb this one, a rope and support advised.Higher Dunna Goat first, with Green Tor opposite and Bleak House belowBarely a stones throw to Lower Dunna Goat, Hare Tor away to the rightLooking back to Great Links Tor from Lower Dunna GoatBleak House across the Rattlebrook, Green Tor right and Kitty Tor is the hill behindChat Tor in the distance from Green Tor, the Rattlebrook is in the dip between here and thereAfter a boggy trudge across Amicombe Hill from Green Tor I arrived at Kitty Tor, High Willhays now in viewIn view from most of this walk is Great Links Tor. I’d walked pretty much straight across this part of Amicombe Hill, I probably should have followed the path north and then east, but I thought straight lining was betterLints Tor below from Kitty TorBleak House with Lower Dunna Goat behind. The walk beside the Rattlebrook to get here was pretty soggy with my foot disappearing on at least two occasionsBleak House and The RattlebrookThe centre of Dartmoor from Chat Tor, Cut Hill is the high pointLooking down to Doe Tor, cloud coming in nowDoe Tor summit with Brat Tor to the rightBrat Tor and you guessed it, Great Links Tor back rightSharp Tor left and Hare TorA lovely part of Dartmoor as I walk the final path to the car behind the Dartmoor Inn in Lydford
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