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Haytor May 2013
Day 2 Across the moor

Holiday Photos
Day 1 Arrival
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Day 2 Medium walk
Day 3 walk
Day 4 walk
Day 5 Day Off
Day 6 Medium walk
Day 6 Harder walk
Day 7 Medium walk
Day 7 Harder walk
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Straight onto the moors and into Haytor Stone Quarry
A strangely beautiful place
The medium walkers stroll past
We stop to examine some old stone tramway tracks
Before continuing across the moor
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Here on a rocky path
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Apparently gorse smells of coconut - to some people
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A tricky river crossing
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Then a brief climb
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Hound Tor in the distance
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Confirmation
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Along an old drovers trail
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Pausing for coffee by a stream
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Near a cattle grid
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We continue along a quiet road with Devon banks - wall and hedge on top
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Lunch is taken near Jay's Grave - the last resting place of a girl who committed suicide - many years ago
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Also makes a handy seat
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Olivia well equiped for the moors
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We stop for a look
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At Bowerman's Nose
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In case you were wondering, it's the rock formation
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Worth a photograph on this misty day
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And in the distance we spot Widecombe in the Moor - some of us see it later in the week
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Off we go again
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Past some isolated cottages
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Over a stream
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And after some discussion
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We return via Haytor Rocks back to our hotel
top Photos and captions from Richard and Mike