A hot and humid Saturday and time for another walk with the boys, my eldest had finished his GCSE’s the day before and we’d had a lazy Saturday up to then and decided we needed a bit of outdoor exercise. As I type this it was a good job we did as my eldest now has himself a weekend job, meaning our walks may become less frequent from now on. No doubt I will cherish the times we do more from this point onwards. With this walk it was a simple loop out from Meavy picking up a few tors that the boys hadn’t visited alongside a couple of D365 squares as well. It was a hot day and doing any distance wasn’t really on the agenda and we enjoyed the sections in the trees, giving us plenty of cover. You could tell it was warm as we crossed a field of young bulls and bullocks who barely raised an eyebrow to our presence. Moving too far and fast wasn’t really an option.
Starting out from the small pull off area by this bridge, Higher Meavy Bridge, I’ve never walked over this one, but must have driven over it dozens of times, its very narrow, and has been widened by 2 feet, which would make it very narrow before that!Meavy, that’s the school on the left, the pub, main square, Meavy Oak and church is along that road over thereSome views out of the woodland as we walk to Burrator DamLooking back along the path as we walk to the damThere’s a few outcrops of rock in here, possibly linked to the tor by the quarry higher up, Claig Tor
The dam comes into view, we headed up and left to then walk across the dam, although we probably could have crossed the river down to the right here and headed up to Burra Tor
Burrator reservoir looking very calmBurra Tor, plenty of large outcrops hereWalking the lane around Burrator reservoirI think it was Trooping the Colour day when we walked and I remember remarking that these helicopters may have been ferrying forces personnel back to base.The second dam of Burrator reservoir, this one gives good views to Peek Hill and Leather TorClimbing to the slopes under Sheeps Tor we hit Maiden TorSheeps Tor above us as we head down in the village of the same nameSheepstor cross and churchLooking back to Sheeps Tor as we head into Burrator WoodYeo Farm, always looks a fancy spotAnd to finish we have Marchant’s Cross, head downhill for 100 metres to reach the car. A lovely little walk, nothing too taxing, which was perfect on this hot day
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Great walk, a must see is the bluebells in the woods, and the dam at the low level when water is cascading over the spill
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The dam looks very much like the Elan Valley ones in my neck of the woods. Always like dams since I was a kid
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