Apples, apples fill your bags, free apples from Anne's car boot! Well that's a different start to our walk from the Bellever/Postbridge CP, AGAIN!
That done off we trundled down the road and turned right by the pub on the track to Pizwell. Narrow at times, brambles scratching our knees, wide at others, plenty of blackberries (more free food) eventually arriving at the ancient tenement farm and longhouses that make up Pizwell. It exudes the calm that only ancientness brings! Good for the soul! Back to reality, on down the track over a muddy Pizwell Ford where some cows were ruminating, yes they are South Devon's not Ruby Reds.I can't always be right!!
Carrying on to the gate crossing Cator Down, stopping for our coffee break and then on towards the Christmas tree reservation, so that's how they get them to grow so perfectly, blue tape!! Who'd have guessed it?
Short walk to the road which we followed to the Sherwell turn off following a path onto Corndon Down which was showing off its favourite colours of yellow and purple.
Turning down the valley to Fenny Ford crossing one of four Wallabrooks on Dartmoor, gingerly moving on the assorted cows desperate for a drink, and upwards towards Riddon Ridge.
Enjoying the views and getting hungry now, but first to find two boundary stones, not in the usual sense of the word, but the peat cutters boundaries within they were allowed to cut peat for their own use. One was dating from 1754 and one was someone with Raz's father's initials! Oooh eyrie that!
At last down down to Bellever Bridge and lunch by the clapper whilst young children were adventuring on the huge stones.
Very pleasant.
On the move again to follow the hay meadows, what a treat to see the four spot orb weavers (spiders) weaving their magical cleverness amongst the grasses. Never seen them before, but they certainly loved that spot
Onwards to cross a real bog, sphagnum that is, and the long grassy track and very steep steps towards the ultimate goal, yes the lovely stores with the best icecreams.
Could get used to this!
Brenda