Holiday - Dartmoor Day 2

Dartmoor Holiday Day 2

Tuesday 15th March

This morning Tim and I went into Tavistock to shop for a few bits we had forgotten and that weren't supplied in the cottage and a pasty!  Tim had said he wanted to walk up to Widgery Cross on Bray Tor.  We got to the car park and set off walking about 11.00. We followed a track from the car park down to the river Lyd and crossed on the stepping stones.

While we were on our way up I found or first letterbox for the trip.

We continued our way up to Widgery Cross.  

The cross was erected by William Widgery to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. Widgery's Cross holds three distinctions amongst the realms of Dartmoor crosses, firstly it is the only cross constructed of blocks of granite as opposed to being hewn from a single slab. Secondly it is the most visible of the crosses as it can be seen from many places on the moor. Thirdly the cross is the tallest of the all the Dartmoor granite crosses which stand outside of a cemetery. The cross stands at an altitude of 452 metres.

We had a good view from the cross and decided to take a different route on our walk and go to Great Links Tor also.  It didn't look that far from Widgery Cross but it was further than I thought and higher!

From here we made our way down to Little Links Tor.

After stopping for a drink we decided to take the most direct route across to Arms Tor rather than climbing back on to the top of the ridge.  It was a bit boggy in places but not enough to make us change our route.

Up on Arms Tor we got the map out and planned the best route back to the car.  There was a settlement marked on the map near a footpath that we could make out in the grass and a ford marked over the river.

We got back to the car just after 4pm after a great walk and 8 letterboxes collected.

This evening we cooked dinner at the cottage and had a quiet evening.