A Change of Track

Our training has been going well, to ensure that we don't get stale we like to mix it up a little, this has meant reversing routes praying for different weather conditions and planning for days away to our target peaks and mountains. Realising that our next eight months or so are going to get harder and harder we are now break ourselves in with a nice hike and then a short snappy run the following day. We decided on Saturday 6th, to take a hike up Cosdon Hill all one thousand eight hundred feet or five hundred and fifty metres Cosdon beacon domintaes the North East Corner of Dartmoor with fantastic views;

http://www.phototropic.co.uk/landscapeleaps/dartmoor_panoramic_photography/pano-Cosdon_Hill_-_Dartmoor

We managed a rather nice circular walk of about six miles in about two and a half hours. Not bad going as it was new ground [slightly soggy] and navigating on the move as we jogged up the tor. We are trying to ensure that we stick to main tracks and public bridal ways to do our best to limit our damage to the moor. I manage to navigate us to a ford in the river Taw just below Belstone Tor

http://www.phototropic.co.uk/landscapeleaps/dartmoor_panoramic_photography/pano-Cosdon_Hill_-_Dartmoor#show-Belstone_Tor_-_Dartmoor

Lightly jogging we stopped for a pause and negotiate a difficult river crossing at a spot called Sheeps fold. Once across we took the track back towards Cosdon hill and home.

Not a bad day and as added bonus we found Highwillhays Tor, now I thought I had been up and down nearly every hill on Dartmoor including Yes Tor which is six hundred and nineteen metres. I've either forgotten or my mind has chosen to block out the experience. So we've found our planned hike for next weekend...

Bryn
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