Day 5 Sunday October 23rd Tavistock and moor

The route

Following our recent days we had studied all available weather forecasts quite closely and concluded that today would be better earlier in the day than later.  We got up to quite good weather and decided to venture further into the moor.  We went as far as Two Bridges but could not see a suitable walk along the river Dart and se we carried on to Postbridge and parked in the National Trust car park there.  There was a small visitor centre and after consultation we decided to walk through Bellever forest to Bellever Tor.

towards the postbridge

Most of the route was on good tracks with good weather and excellent views all round.  The forest was pine and had the pleasant pine resin aroma as we went through.  We walked to the 

Bellever Tor

end of the track and then we had a more demanding pathway and slope to the top of the Tor.  

a view from tor

 The views from the top were exceptional in all directions and there were some young families climbing all over the peak rocks.  We spent some time gazing in all directions and then slowly made our way down.  There were some Dartmoor ponies around the top of the Tor and Christine in particular was pleased to see them.

We crossed the various streams/boggy patches we had encountered on the way up, taking in the views and appreciating how lucky we were.

 We reached the car park and had coffees, saffron buns and other delights before going back towards Tavistock.  We stopped at Pork Hill car park for a viewing/relaxing time - the heavens opened and so we had made the right decision of what to do when.  

Tavistock town hall

We went on into Tavistock, sorted ourselves out and went into the town for a hot chocolate and a toastie to keep us going.  Tavistock town hall and surrounding buildings were constructed using the rather attractive local granite.  We went back to our room before relaxing and going to a good dinner in the hotel,   A day to remember of our holiday and this has probably been the wettest of all our many stays in Tavistock but we have had a good time and tomorrow we move on.