Well the nights are drawing out and a good time to set out from the quarry car park. Gently up to the railway line and along. By the new phone mast to the take off for Dousland Reservoir - from where all the best people get their water. And along by the busy leat to cross the road. By the deer proof enclosures where re-wilding is really taking hold - not much chance of bashing a way through that lot. By the leat all the way to the measuring station where '3' was the reading. Up the tumbling fall and along the fishy walk - no sign of Sam or Geoff. One of many memorial seats provided a nice spot for a cuppa and ponder. Down to Lethertor Farm and the fantastic bridge. By the blowing house and round the end of the reservoir. Into the arboretum and out again, rather pixie led back to the very quiet road. The refurbished track from Longstone Manor has descended back into thick gloopy mud. Over Sheepstor Dam and back.
A most pleasant pre-Christmas circumnavigation of the lake.