It's amazing how you can live in an area for years and not know it! We spied an NT wood and car park at Hembury Woods on the map and thought we should explore it. The signposts wanted us to go to Scoriton and Holne, so we had to depend a bit on my pigeon sense of direction to find the wood. It was wet and muddy but lots of dog walkers around. We are a tough lot!!
The path gave us a choice: the Fort or the River. We decided to explore the fort first. Read more:
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| Signpost guide us towards the fort |
It was quite a climb to the top of the hill
Suddenly, the wood cleared and we were on the prehistoric fort
This is the mound in the middle of the area.
So then down to the River Dart......
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| Several canoeists were negotiating the weirs |
The rain started to come down quite heavily by now, so back to the car and onto The Royal Oak at Ashburton for lunch. Bob was worn out.
The path gave us a choice: the Fort or the River. We decided to explore the fort first. Read more:
Suddenly, the wood cleared and we were on the prehistoric fort
This is the mound in the middle of the area.
Thank goodness you had Bob to lead the way.
ReplyDeleteWhat ever were the people doing in the water!
Oooo it must have been COLD!