Great Mis Tour Walk: January 20th 2019

What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than on Dartmoor with my IWC? A walk sandwiched between visits to two teashops and a walk with some very nice weather. The storm clouds may be gathering over Westminster but getting out onto the moor restores the perspective.

We began and ended our walk (almost bang-on 4 miles) in the Four Winds car park on the Tavistock to Mortonhamstead road. Our aim was to 'bag' a couple more tors - Great Mis Tor and Little Mis Tor. An ascent of around 500 feet got us to the top of Great Mis Tor, with an easy descent back to the car. Views all the way.

Looking due east with, from the left, Middle Staple Tor, Great Staple Tor and Roos Tor. We've already 'done' these.

Looking back down the track with Kings Tor to the right.

Our destinations: Little Mis Tor to the left and Great Mis Tor in the background.

If we keep looking at the camera, do you think it will 'click'?

A boundary stone, delineating something or other. Could be a parish boundary or, perhaps, marking the extent of granite working? 

The rocks at the top of Great Mis Tor.

You come across all sorts on the moor. Brucie lives.

Looking west from the top of Great Mis Tor towards the Walkham Valley.

Clouds gathering over Plymouth Sound.

This shot was taken about 5 minutes after the previous one. Conditions were good but a little changeable.

That shimmer in the distance is the sea beyond the breakwater in Plymouth Sound. Maybe 25 miles away?

We passed a number of these boundary stones incised with D.C.P. These initials stood for Directors of Convict Prisons and delineated the lands belonging to the nearby Dartmoor Prison.