The path to Sheepstor
A Walk up Sheepstor and Visiting Sis and Matt, Dartmoor and Chagford, Devon - 9th April 2007
Following a couple of days visiting Mother and Mike near Yelverton, on the south side of Dartmoor, it's time to head across the moor to the north side to see Sis and Matt at their new (ish) pad in Chagford. As well as milling around Chagford for a bit and having the odd beer in the local, there's plenty of walking around involved - and the opportunity to be nearly run over by Jennifer Saunders' Porsche - in the nearby countryside, and around Fernworthy Resevoir. Before that, we walk up to the top of Sheepstor, near Burrator Resevoir on the south side of Dartmoor.
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Isobel climbs up Sheepstor
Isobel glances back at a trig point
Climbing around the rocks
The view down to Burrator Resevoir
A view from Sheepstor
Other walkers on the other part of the tor
Isobel has a drink
Nosher and Isobel on Sheepstor
Heading down
The tree-lined path
Isobel amongst the tall pines
Ivy almost completely envelopes a tree
Isobel looks at something
New ferns uncurl in the woods
Ivy and a pine cone look almost like a still life
Waterboatmen skate around on a pond
The 13th Century tin miners' bridge at Postbridge
The bridge at Postbridge
Isobel peers into the river
Matt, Isobel and Sis watch for their sticks
We head off for a walk around Chagford
Trees perfectly reflected in the still river
A dog walker
Northfield petrol station on the edge of Chagford
A mini stone circle
A nice thatched house in Chagford
Matt and Sis in the local boozer
Matt and Sis in their kitchen
Matt does some food preparation
Boiled potatoes and roasted peppers
The dinner table
Isobel cuts some quiche
Mother contemplates a board-game question
Chagford graveyard
Isobel stands by the churchyard gate
The centre of Chagford
The world's cutest bank - a thatched Lloyds TSB
Sis and Matt's pad
The sun shines through tall pine trees
A glimpse of Fernworthy Resevoir
Isobel talks to some ponies
Isobel finds some more ponies
Isobel gets close to a horse
On the path, a pine-cone missive
A dense tangle of trees
Everyone looks into a stream for some reason
Isobel says hello to a dog
Isobel, Matt and Sis hang on a gate for a while
Fernworthy Resevoir
A drowned tree in Fernworthy Resevoir
An ancient stone grave
Flooded tussocks of grass and another drowned tree
Fernworthy Resevoir, looking towards the dam
A fly-fisher casts his line
Bright red lifebelt
Behind the Fernworty dam
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The path to Sheepstor
The path to Sheepstor
Isobel climbs up Sheepstor
Isobel glances back at a trig point
Climbing around the rocks
The view down to Burrator Resevoir
A view from Sheepstor
Other walkers on the other part of the tor
Isobel has a drink
Nosher and Isobel on Sheepstor
Heading down
The tree-lined path
Isobel amongst the tall pines
Ivy almost completely envelopes a tree
Isobel looks at something
New ferns uncurl in the woods
Ivy and a pine cone look almost like a still life
Waterboatmen skate around on a pond
The 13th Century tin miners' bridge at Postbridge
The bridge at Postbridge
Isobel peers into the river
Matt, Isobel and Sis watch for their sticks
We head off for a walk around Chagford
Trees perfectly reflected in the still river
A dog walker
Northfield petrol station on the edge of Chagford
A mini stone circle
A nice thatched house in Chagford
Matt and Sis in the local boozer
Matt and Sis in their kitchen
Matt does some food preparation
Boiled potatoes and roasted peppers
The dinner table
Isobel cuts some quiche
Mother contemplates a board-game question
Chagford graveyard
Isobel stands by the churchyard gate
The centre of Chagford
The world's cutest bank - a thatched Lloyds TSB
Sis and Matt's pad
The sun shines through tall pine trees
A glimpse of Fernworthy Resevoir
Isobel talks to some ponies
Isobel finds some more ponies
Isobel gets close to a horse
On the path, a pine-cone missive
A dense tangle of trees
Everyone looks into a stream for some reason
Isobel says hello to a dog
Isobel, Matt and Sis hang on a gate for a while
Fernworthy Resevoir
A drowned tree in Fernworthy Resevoir
An ancient stone grave
Flooded tussocks of grass and another drowned tree
Fernworthy Resevoir, looking towards the dam
A fly-fisher casts his line
Bright red lifebelt
Behind the Fernworty dam