2nd February

An adventure on my own this afternoon, and more so than planned, as I succeeded in leaving my phone at home!  No photos or route map therefore. The mist seemed to envelope the car as soon as I crossed the moor cattle grid on the road out of Yelverton.

On reaching Princetown, I enjoyed a few sandwiches before heading off on foot.  Without the aid of GPS, it took two attempts to find the right path out of town, but once I left the houses behind me, it was easy to follow the wall upwards towards North Hessary mast.  I was very glad of the wall, as the mist rendered nothing much else visible!  I heard the mast before I saw it, then noticed wires heading up into nothingness.

Eventually the fence came into sight. Even from close by, the top of the mast could barely be seen. Suffice to say, I have no witnesses of my reaching the trig point on the rocks at the top (North Hessary Tor - 517m) and I didn't stay long due to the wind. I'd not seen a soul on the way up although there was a dog walker and some 10tors/DofE explorers as I made my way back.

I had hoped to visit three other tors, but mist and lack of phone put pay to that plan.  6th walk complete and 20 tors climbed. This is my highest peak reached to date - a climb of around 100 metres from Princetown.