A pleasant day, overcast with just a bit of haze to obscure the distant views from our elevated route. Starting from The Fox and Hounds as we haven’t been there for a while.
Up to the old railway track that carried the peat from Rattlebrook to Bridestowe station, all done with horses until near the end in 1937 when a petrol engine took over and finally removed the scrap from the peatworks and then lifted the lines.
We followed the track to the foot of Great Nodden then up over the hill for great views in all directions. Down the other side to join the track again for a short way before joining another old way that followed the Lyd to get us to Gren Tor for coffee.
The wet and soggy sunken track to Hunt Tor now seems to have quite a good track alongside it. Lots of fun on the Logan stone here - a real good one. Concentration needed now to find the rather indistinct paths to Great Links.
That lovely bimbling decent down towards Arms Tor cutting off at the last minute to miss all the clitter, through one of the Lyd's fords and back to the pub just as Great Links disappeared in cloud.
A pint and lunch in the ever welcoming Fox, just what was needed after a fine walk.
Mike