The Heart of the Moor & the Blustery day

Weather looks a bit indifferent and it’s bank holiday so let’s go somewhere quiet ! Dartmoor!

It’s a rather blustery day ! Luna thinks it’s just a mild spring zephyr ! So it’s out and up in this weather !
It’s also not raining like it was predicted !

It’s Tor, Tor, Tor!
We are blown sideways climbing up Haytor rocks - last visited 40 years ago ! It’s an experience and lots of fresh air !

We descend for a quiet lunch in Widecombe in the Moor . The church of St Pancras has the nickname of “Cathedral of the Moor" because of its 120-foot tower in such a small village ! The ceiling is decorated with roof bosses . The church was badly damaged in 1638 struck by ball lightning. A service was taking place at the time, and packed with people . Four killed, 60 injured!
It also has some impressive screed panels and a model of the horse of the Widecombe fair or Tom Pearce song - his horse dies after someone borrows it to travel to the fair with his friends! All on the horse ! Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

Onward to Buckland in the Moor and another smaller but impressive church and two thatched outbuildings ! It also has some impressive screed screens and odd external clocks with no numbers on them but a message instead ! Dear mother !

Continuing the Church theme it’s time for another dog walk ! And by now still no rain but we’ve moved onto Geostorm level winds !!!!!
God is in his heavens and we head up to Buckland Beacon ! Even Luna is slightly concerned by being lifted off the ground ! We reach the summit and find of course the 11 Commandments - yes 11 ! They are etched carefully into the granite ! Where is Charlton Heston when he’s needed!
This oddity is a famous Dartmoor site !
Moses did go forth unto the Mount of Buckland and for all to see on Buckland Beacon are two slabs of granite upon which there are inscribed the eleven commandments of God. The guy who commissioned them realised there was a large blank space and suggested that an eleventh commandment was added, this being “John, Chapter 13 Verse 34,” along with the third verse of the hymn, ‘Oh God Our Help in Ages Past’! They gave also been renovated many times due to the weather - yep can believe that today !!!
Read more on https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/ten_command…

A few more Tors on the way off Dartmoor passing another site to now hi hi I was dragged to on my first geography field trip - Grimspound ancient settlement and the deserted medieval village - obviously the weather was better years ago !

And the wind is still blowing ranging from 40 to 60 mph!!!!

Quieter tomorrow !Lue lisää