Our last full holiday day - and it's wet. But again, by the time it got to lunchtime I'd had enough of the tent, and we headed out. Having decided not to do the big tors, I looked for a group of tors close together and on this side of the moor. We parked near the Round Pound at Teigncombe, and first off, Jonathan disappeared with his camera to catch some shots of the pound and a tree he'd spotted there. We ate our sandwiches and by this time it was properly raining.
Undeterred we donned wellies, waterproof coats and leggings, took a list of tors and set off. Rain meant fog too, but thankfully we could see our first tor from the car. At least we thought we could - aiming for Little Kes Tor, we actually arrived firstly at Kestor Rock (437m) [F13], so had to change plans a little.
The next tor was then in sight - Middle Tor (415m). Thankfully there is an overhang which can be crouched under there, so I was able to see that Little Kes was north of Kestor Rock, and we might be able to find it later. On Middle Tor we found the rock basin - I've been looking for one of these before - this one was filled with water!
From Middle Tor, we headed onto Frenchbeer Rock (387m) - again just visible through the fog. We then made our way to Thornworthy Tor (424m), came back over Kestor Rock and on to Little Kes Tor (393m). Three miles walked, five tors covered, and pretty bedraggled! On a bright day, if you're happy to do Devon back roads as they're pretty skinny to get to Round Pound, this would be a good family walk. There are views of Fernworthy Reservoir from Thornworthy Tor, and loads of stone circles and rows to investigate.
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