Sharp Tor and Yar Tor, Dartmoor, Devon

Storm night before
Unexpectedly sunny
Low white Sun creating long shadows
Lively family in van in car park
Beautiful walk down to valley with water snaking down like the Amazon River
Crossing the waters by dead tree sculpture
Climbing up the other side, with views of Sharp Tor
Silhouettes of Hawthorns with Tor behind
View from Tor with cold winds blowing
Misty Holne Valley
Cloudscapes with the Sun
Lunch in the sunshine in the shelter of the Tor
Just before a snowy squall from black clouds passes over
Walk back down sunny windswept escarpment
Meet van family with kids splashing across the river jubilantly in wellies
Climb, puffing up the steep side
Walk on up gentle slope to Yar Tor
Wide views over surrounding moorland
Can see Bonehill Rocks and associated Tors where I last walked shining in bright yellow sunlight.
Friendly man says hello from below, and says I look prepared for the weather - his daughter isn't - but she bravely climbs the heights of a granite rock stack and stands calmly at the top.
Place my hands on the granite and feel its deep healing for my lungs.
Walk back down as the temperature drops dramatically with the sun.Read more