Distance 9 miles
Guiness enjoyment rating 8
Time 4 hours
From Bennett's Cross most walkers will head south to explore Hookney Tor and Hamel Down but this walk heads north along the Two Moors Way across Chagford Common.
Crossing the Metherall Brook takes you to Fernworthy Reservoir. This is a popular area for courting couples but ancient folklore states that a romance that starts by encircling the entire reservoir will be doomed to failure so please bear this in mind.
Guiness and I didn't complete to loop anyway, veering west up through the forest to emerge northwest of Sittaford Tor when we followed the edges of the forest back.
Climbing Assycombe Hill you will find yet another chunk of rock stuck rather pointlessly into the ground. Atop this is a small flatter rock siting at a counter point though this is of little historic significance. I know this because I put it there.
After this is a short section through some gorse to return to Bennett's Cross.
Perhaps not the most inspiring of walks but Guiness enjoyed it, especially the biscuit breaks.
No comments:
Post a Comment