Since early November sunny days in this part of the world have been extremely rare. Rain and strong winds from the south west have arrived day after day. Finally though we had one good day which meant one final walk in 2015. The original plan was start near Bonehill Rocks walk through Widecombe and up to Hameldown before looping round at the far end and ascending Honeybag Tor and coming back to the car along the ridge. Once out and looking at the blue sky I decided that I would add a warm up loop around Top Tor and Pil Tor and once up on Hameldown I would consider continuing to Grimspound. As it was I did pretty much 10 miles in some lovely sunshine.
| Start – B3387 |
| Route – Top Tor – Pil Tor – Hollow Tor – Widecombe in the Moor – Kingshead Tor – Hameldown Beacon – Two Barrows – Single Barrow – Broad Barrow – Hameldown Cross – Hameldown Tor – Grimspound – Hookney Tor – King Tor – Berry Pound – Honeybag Tor – Chinkwell Tor – Bell Tor – Bonehill Tor – B3387 |
| Distance – 10 miles Start time – 10am Time taken – 5h 30min Highest Point – Hameldown Cross 530m |
| Weather – Sunny and blue skies to start, clouded over at the end |
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