Just a rather boring walk, I said.
Straight up. Straight across. Straight down. Easy Peasy! I said.What could possibly go wrong? I said.
Well.......nothing , directionally.
But let's start at the beginning, a rather boring walk to the Millennium or Touchstone, getting rather unreadable from our fabulous Dartmoor weather, written by the poet in residence for Dartmoor John Powls at that time. The poem inscribed is of his experiences and hopes for the future.
Moving on in the misty shadows, the boring track became a little more waterlogged but we found Fice's Well reasonably easily, in the middle of a bog of course. Several legends surround this rather lonely but somehow spiritual place. Others must think so too, as a lovely canvas picture of a couple was placed there.
Memories of precious times together perhaps?
Finding said boring track again, which now became a shallow muddy river, we stumbled on over a rather nice clapper coming to full stop at an old boundary wall.
All's well, so turning left to follow said boundary, walking and life turned more difficult. Very difficult, hell in fact. Enormous tussocks rose out of saturated bogs, tall reeds barred our way until it was impossible to go on as did the barbed wire on our right.
Now what? Jon found a weak spot thank goodness and we passed through on to the other side, but not without much shrieking and hysterical laughter.
The lower reaches of Black Dunghill certainly lived up to its name with many, many featherbeds or quakes.
I lost a leg, Jon decided to just go for it. Big mistake! Long legs flailing they sank into the depths, thank goodness for quick reactions as he launched himself onto firmer ground.
Finally the fence end was reached and we could turn back right and find the still boggy track to Rundlestone.
Stella ran out of stamina so a quick tea break revived all three of us.
Finally, finally we were back to our cars and soon in the Prince celebrating our safe return from this boring walk.
We are now BOGHOPPERS extrordinare ....... For our age group!!!
Brenda