With the weather looking like it would be dry with good visibility on this Sunday afternoon, we drove to Okehampton Army Camp and onto the moor. However, as we stopped for a sandwich, this is what greeted us!
We did consider turning around and going home again, but then it seemed to clear, so we drove on to the last parking space on the track near West Mill Tor and set off. I wanted to start at the end of the ridge and make our way back along, so we headed up between High Willhays and Yes Tor, along to Fordsland Ledge (585m). We spent some time identifying tors to the south, and then came back to Dartmoor's highest point, Hill Willhays (621m) [D7].
Along the ridge is Hampster Tor (618m) and then the well known Yes Tor (619m). Near the track on the way down from Yes Tor is the Target Railway [C8], which we will return to visit at some point. Instead we went up over Little Tor (531m) and West Mill Tor (541m). It made a 4.5 mile walk with some good views - even if not as far as the sea this time!
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