“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity”
John Muir
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White Tor
The far west of the moor is an area I get to fairly infrequently. It’s the longest drive from Torbay and, as I’m always striving to find a balance between early starts for long days on the moor and a solid lie in and brunch, we usually end up in the south, west and central … Continue reading White Tor
Grey Wethers and Sittaford Tor
The last walk of 2021 was a short walk with two friends and their dogs up to Bellever Tor to see the views, a impeccable plan if it weren’t for the fact that it was so foggy on the day that we couldn’t even see the bottom of the tor from the top. Still, we … Continue reading Grey Wethers and Sittaford Tor
Saddle Tor
Dwarfed by its more famous neighbour and appearing as a mere pimple from the nearby road, it’s a wonder anyone visits Saddle Tor at all. It rates poorly by comparison to its neighbours. It doesn’t look like much, from the main road to the south at least, especially when the sheer walls of Haytor Rocks … Continue reading Saddle Tor
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