After a busy morning, we decided we had time to go for a quick walk this afternoon. We drove to Burrator Reservoir where all the trees are changing colour.
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| Road towards Burrator |
We parked the car at the top end by Norsworthy Bridge.
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| Work is being done to this side of the bridge. |
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Opposite the bridge is a footpath which leads beside the River Meavy.
Not far along, we come to Leathertor Bridge
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| Leathertor Bridge - a clapper bridge |
Conifers appear at the end of the path, planted between 1934 and 1936.
The view behind us was of Sharpitor and Leather Tor ( I think!)
Suddenly, we emerged from the forest, and could see Burrator Reservoir in the distance, with Down Tor opposite us.
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| Burrator Reservoir |
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| Down Tor |
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The weather started to deteriorate, so we stopped to put on our packamacks, and headed towards Down Tor.
However, as we came close to the bottom of the hill, we couldn't see any way to cross the river without getting our feet wet. Bob went across anyway, and had an encounter with a ram. see next few photos!
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| Who is crossing my bridge??? whoops, not me, says Bob |
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| phew, that was close! |
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| Get me outta here!!! |
Walking along a small very muddy path, we found ourselves back down a path towards the car.
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| Oak trees beside the car park | | |
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The walk only took us an hour and a half, but it started to rain as we got back to the car. We are going on a longer, wetter tomorrow ( apparently) Bob has developed a limp again this evening so he has his excuse for not coming along. He had an encounter with a ram, and found some fox poo to roll in. Enough adventures for one weekend!!
