Time for a quick walk with the boys. We’d spent the morning trying on clothes for the boys to ensure that everything fitted after lockdown. After an hour we had one big bag of clothes for the charity shop, items passed from elder to younger sibling and a short list of clothes needed for the elder. I wasn’t sure where to go so plumped for a high tor count and an easy walk with hardly any up and down. In fact if you have a hour to spare then this walk packs plenty in with some fine views, giving you time for a cream tea or pint down in Widecombe.
| Start – Top Tor parking |
| Route – Lower Top Tor – Bovey Rock – Hollow Tor (Blackslade) – Tunhill Rocks – Pil Tor – Top Tor |
| Distance – 1.5 miles Start time – 1pm Time taken – 2hrs Highest Point – Top Tor 423metres |
| Weather – Sunny, some clouds but warm |
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Widecombe in the Moor below, with the church standing out as we start the walk, there are plenty of valley views on this walk
The boys on Lower Top Tor, Hameldown is behind them to the right
The Webburn Valley is below with Ryders Hill in the distance
There is plenty of bracken about on this walk at this time, however there are paths between all the tops except Hollow Tor to Tunhill Rocks, where we followed a sheep track. That’s Chinkwell Tor in the distance, with Bonehill Rocks to the right, this is from Bovey Rock
Bovey Rock with Widecombe beyond
Now on Hollow Tor which has a lovely view across the Webburn valley
The 3 of us on Hollow Tor
The boy taking a photo of the valley, he also took photos of horse poo and my backside
The mighty Hameldown up to the left with Chinkwell Tor to the right
The village of Widecombe in the Moor, well worth a visit if you are in the area
This little fella was happy with us walking past quite close, his mum gave him a bleat to make him come to her just as we walked away
Tunhill Rocks
Looking up to our next target which is Pil Tor
The boys decided to climb the stack at Tunhill Rocks
They made it up safe, I went around and up the easy front side!! We then had a fine view from the top
They had the bug and decided to climb Pil Tor when we got there. They both have been to climbing clubs previously so it was nice to see them back doing something of the type.
Pil Tor gully and the tors/hills to the south
On the top of Pil Tor
Top Tor is in the distance and the boys are off already
A bit of zoom to Princetown mast
And across to the social distancing on Haytor
The road which runs past Haytor is in the foreground with Teignmouth bay in the distance
Zoomed out from Top Tor is Haytor on the left and Saddle Tor catching some cloud on the right
The last photo as we head down to the car below. Chinkwell Tor forms the backdrop, with Hameldown to the left and Easdon Tor back right
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Nothing finer, short walk lots of scrambly tors and extensive views. Enjoyed my walk around there a few years back
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Lots of outcrops for very little effort, the boys loved getting back on some decent rock faces
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Tapter as the local call it, the Dream Tor of the Beatrice Chase books, and like you say, very good for views.
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Great for views but not the prettiest outcrop, I like Pil Tor and Tunhill Rocks
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Yes they are much better situated on the hillside.
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Wonderful walk and a lovely climb indeed.
Great information for the walk too!!
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Thank you, that’s very kind
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A walk with lots of tors would definitely please my own boys – they love to climb things – trees, rocks, anything really.
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There are loads in this area, in fact Bonehill Rocks is renowned as a climbing tor which is about 10 minutes walk from the car park.
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