A SMALL SELECT BAND, LOTS OF MIST, HEAVY RAIN, AND A STRONG WIND,
Unfortunately someone did not check the RV on the website and went to Brisworthy instead of Brisworthy Burrows - a lesson learnt.So off in some real Dartmoor weather up and around Little Trowlesworthy Tor to head off towards Hen Tor, which briefly appeared through the mist, mostly on grass, small tracks with some tussock for interest. A brief shelter among the rocks below Little Hen Tor for a cuppa. At this point a decision was made not to stick to the original plan to go up to the trig point and along the ridge to Shell Top, which would have been straight into the wind and rain and most unpleasant. Instead we headed down across Hen Tor Meadows to the leat opposite Ditsworthy Warren House. Following the leat which was rather rough and obscured by bracken to start with then negotiating a couple of slightly problematic crossings of Hen Tor Brook and Spanish Lake. A spot of lunch perched on a bank overlooking the very swollen Plym and back to Trowlesworthy and the cars.
Always be ready to adapt plans!
Mike