So Linda was back from her mum and dad’s, and what would the weather do? We are still very much keeping it quiet here, it was very sunny, again!! Blue skies above with some white fluffy clouds flying through as this time a gale force wind was blowing, especially on our one excursion on the moor to Thornworthy Tor. Mainly however we stuck to the reservoir path, and picked off a couple of Dartmoor squares, alongside the one tor. This was a bit of a ‘keep in touch’ walk, as in keep in touch with Dartmoor, being that we’d only really had 3 excursions onto the moor this year, and one of those was in frozen snow, so the biblical rain we’d endured, had been avoided as best as we could. The path is a good one, on the southern side of the reservoir it runs inside of the road, through the trees. On the northern side it tries to hug the waters edge, only heading away as the boggy parts creep into the grassy areas. The walk around the reservoir isn’t long in itself and has highlights, especially the dam, which when the water comes over the top is always good to see. The road into the reservoir is probably more difficult to traverse than the walk itself, being a pitted mess currently, after all the rain. Infact a few roads are currently closed, particularly around Corndon, to the south of Meldon Hill, with deep potholes along them. That said it was good to see the moor again and views into Cosdon and Watern Tor.

Start – Fernworthy parking

Route – Sandeman Bridge – Fernworthy reservoir path – Thornworthy Tor – Fernworthy Dam – Fernworthy reservoir path

Distance – 4 miles   Start time – 12.15pm  Time taken – 2hrs 15 mins Highest Point – Thornworthy Tor 424 metres

Weather – Sunshine all the way