So the country was covered in snow and all the talk was of the weather, how cold it was and that “back in my day it was always like this in winter”! Plymouth got nothing, zero, nowt but Dartmoor got a decent covering of the white stuff, on a Tuesday and Wednesday, which is of no use to those who work all week. Thankfully it hung around a little and by Friday when temperatures had started to rise, it was still cold in the centre of the moor so it stayed. Myself and the boys decided to go and have a look, my youngest on checking the webcams said that Princetown was ok, but Postbridge looked like a good spot. We first headed for Holming Beam, with a plan to head over to Beardown Tor, however on turning to head to Holming Beam, red flags were flying despite it not being an advertised firing day. Irritated, I turned and headed for Postbridge and out the other side, for a walk above the Warren House Inn to Assycombe Hill. It wouldn’t be a long walk, but we knew there would be less people, and enough snow for the boys to throw snowballs at me for the majority of the walk. We set off with snow knee deep in places, and the need to break trail at some spots as well as we left the road behind. Before long we were on Assycombe Hill, with a coffee and doughnut in hand enjoying the mainly white and grey vistas in front of us. To the east all was green as the snow had melted completed, with a similar picture back towards Princetown as the snow was melting quickly. We headed over to Water Hill to extend the walk slightly before walking past a busy Warren House Inn. We thought about a drink in there but with 8 people waiting to be served at the bar, we decided to head to the better East Dart Inn instead in Postbridge on our drive back, where a fine toastie and hot drink was had by all. A lovely little walk and nice to see a bit of snow on the moor again.
Start – Bennet’s Cross parking
Route – Assycombe Hill – Water Hill – Warren House Inn – Car park – East Dart Inn
Distance – 2 1/2 miles Start time – 12.45pm Time taken – 2hrs Highest Point – Assycombe Hill 497 metres
Weather – Mainly cloudy
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I managed to get out in the snow a couple of times last weekend. Went up Sour Howes with my youngest, who also showed a great deal of enthusiasm for getting up close and personal with the snow. Expect to read my accounts in the summer, when, hopefully, it will come as welcome relief from the wall-to-wall sunshine!
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Feeling cooler already thinking about it, compared to the heatwave we will be experiencing
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Oh – presume that they’re Fallow Deer? How surprising to find them in the car park at work!
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To be fair there used to be a large woodland that they have ploughed a road through and put up some houses, so the deer tend to come down from the higher ground and bare woodlands for the grass around the offices, especially in winter
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Ah – that explains it!
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Good to get everybody out for a bit and they obviously enjoyed it. Happy new year to you all.
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Happy New Year Jo, it was a good walk, short but a lot of fun
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Nice photos with this snow 😀.
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Not as much as in the Lakes, but it was nice to have some snow this far south
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So glad you managed to catch some snow in the end. What a great family outing! 😍
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Good that you managed to get out in the white stuff
We don’t get too much around this part of Lancashire as we seem to be shielded by the hills and mountains to the north, east and south. When we do get it, it’s nice for a few days but gets a bit tiresome for getting about in town after a few days.
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We had a few inches of decent snow on the Saturday evening but it had all turned to horrible wet slush by the next morning. Managed to see a few remnants on my next walk but it was more memorable for other reasons. A few posts away yet though
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Yes more to see in Nice hopefully
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