Heading through October the weather was very mixed, continual weather fronts bring rain, some bright spells but the mild weather meant rain was never far away. This Sunday was due to rain in the morning and then clear from the west around 1pm. We figured a drive up to the moor, a short ish walk planned and to start walking as the weather was due to clear up. We parked up in rain, ummed and ahhed a bit and decided to eat lunch in the car first, surely the rain was due to stop soon. The weather app had push the rain clearing to 2pm, so we set off, heading for Pixies Cross. The one advantage of the rain was no golfers on the Tavistock course, so we walked the fairways in a direct approach the cross. Arriving quickly I again looked at the weather app, now saying 2.30pm for it to clear. We headed off downhill to Furzey Lane Bridge and then looped over to Pennycomequick Bridge, which meant with the cross and the first bridge we had 2 Dartmoor squares picked up. We set off for Sampford Spiney, with a plan to climb Pew Tor on the way, the rain was still falling and cloud was low so we headed of to the village first. We dried off a bit inside the church, but before long we headed back out into the rain, the app now saying 3.30pm for it to clear. We climbed a little back to the road which would take us to our car, and as we walked underneath Pew Tor for a second time, the cloud started to clear and blue sky could be seen to the west. Too late now to head up to the tor, we trudged back to the car, arriving as the sun hit it, a very damp walk all in all and not one to make any year end best walk lists.

Start – Warren’s Cross

Route – Tavistock Golf Course – Pixies Cross – Furzey Lane Bridge – Pennycomequick Bridge – Moortown – Sampford Spiney – Sampford Spiney Cross – Sampford Spiney Church – Dartmoor Way – Warren’s Cross

Distance – 6 miles   Start time – 1pm  Time taken – 3hrs  Highest Point – Above Sampford Spiney 245 metres

Weather – Drizzle, low cloud until right at the end