26th July

Sunday afternoon walk this weekend, due to working Friday and rain yesterday. Thankfully we avoided today's showers! We opted for an easier walk, partly due to the weather but also as my mum was walking with us.  I had spotted two tors at the south end of Burrator Reservoir which we'd not yet found. We parked at the quarry car park, firstly making our way up out and above.

Not much further along towards the reservoir, we found Claig Tor (246m) and a view of the water below. 

Continuing along, after a while the path dipped to road level. We then headed to the dam [Q5], from where we could look back up to Claig.  As we reached the other side of the dam, we crossed a stile and above us was Burra Tor (240m). A bit of a scramble up through the trees to reach the top of the tor. Certainly the greenest tor we've climbed to date, covered in mosses. 

Rather than slide back down to the dam, we followed a path on through the woodland, gradually descending.  It's a beautiful valley, lots of mossy rocks and fallen branches, fungi and old oak trees.  Eventually we came to the river Meavy. It was an adventurous crossing and I was glad to be in wellies! The path headed further south a little way, then we doubled back to the road not far from the car park.  A good 2 mile stroll, with over 500 feet between lowest and highest points.