The beauty of coming from Cornwall to Devon for a holiday is a relaxed morning packing the car, a short drive and tent up by 3pm. I was itching to walk too, so we headed straight out for the nearest tor over 500m. We parked just off the road near South Zeal, and found the bridlepath we were looking for quite easily.
It was then a pretty continuous up, as we climbed nearly 1200 feet in two miles! Cosdon Beacon (550m) stands alone here, with its cairns and granite outcrop. I'd like to say we followed the planned paths, but the sight of a standing stone off to the east did take us on a bit of a rabbit's trail on the way up. Then on the way down, the bridle path was nowhere to be seen! So there was lots of crossing grass tummocks and following sheep trails. Even back on the main path lower down, I took an off-piste route along a lovely wooded path which left us with a longer walk back to the car...
No storms yet, they're promised for later this week!
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