A longer walk was due today, and it looked like it might at least not rain all day. We drove on to the more from Okehampton Camp again, this time stopping at the car park near Row Tor. It was foggy - no tors to be seen, but the paths were mostly going to be tracks and therefore easy to follow, so off we set.
We took the track which follows Black-a-ven Brook, crossing New Bridge and passing the base of Curtery Clitters (512m), before taking a path up to East Mill Tor (513m). I was grateful to my maps.me app for this one - it sometimes includes paths which aren't on the OS maps. And GPS, of course, as the fog meant we couldn't see the tor itself until we were nearly there.
There are several outcrops - we arrived at one, and saw another as we continued southwards, but the others were out of sight. We made it back down to the track a little further along, ready to head on to our next tor.
At the next track crossroads, we turned right, and after a little while began to climb. The path here rises 60 metres in about 600 metres - I counted the water channels (10 I think) to get me up to the top! Left at the top of the ridge, still on a good track, leads to Dinger Tor (542m) [E8]. Gradually the fog was getting thinner, and from here we could see Hangingstone Hill, Steeperton, Wild, High Willhays and Yes Tors. Dinger itself is well worth a visit - a classic tor and easy to reach on the moor tracks.
We headed back, staying on this 'high' road, which runs along the west side of High Willhays and Yes Tors. The one decision I did make here was that I wanted to do those high points when they weren't in fog - so that probably meant not during this holiday. West Mill Tor was close to the path as we descended, but the more obvious one to go over on the way back was Rowtor (468m). There we did feel a few spots of rain, but thankfully it held off. In fact we had a couple of hours in Okehampton afterwards too with no rain too.
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