THE SPIDERS WEB
The thing about Blackdown is there are lots and lots of tracks, (a bit like a spider's web) probably not a sensible place to go for a walk in the dark. So armed with a map with the route on it and all the bearings we set off. Choices, choices, this track that track? Gibbet Hill is not too hard to find, it’s basically uphill. No one could remember seeing a gallows up here, but Brenda could remember them hanging bodies up in cages as a warning - surely not just for walking in the dark!
More choices, big track dead on bearing downhill. We should be at the gate by now, no overshot, there was a track 10 yds to our right which we should have been on. Gate located, across the road and along the stoney track for a cuppa on a bank not far from the reservoir. Now the choices became multitudinous, tracks everywhere, we are getting near the riding stables. We eventually find the track down to their impressive drive and follow it up. There must be money in horses - it must have cost a fortune. Across the road again, choice right or left to find a gate? Jon finds a sneaky track up on the bank to take us in the right direction. Lots more choices some better than others, past where Kevin used to live and back to the cars in time for a pint in the Mary Tavy.
Now what beer shall I have?
Mike