Yesterday I sprang out of bed super early, with the fantastic weather in mind, to get a load of washing on, and we had a planned walk and picnic in the glorious sunshine all worked out. So obviously when I pulled back the curtain, I was a little put out to see fog. Lots of it. The moors had been airbrushed out.
We resumed normal home ed activities, whilst waiting for the fog to lift. Which it did at about 3, a little late. So we delayed our trip till today. Well worth the wait, the moors were pretty empty, yet totally blue skies and warm – no coats needed.
Haytor Quarry is one of our favourite walks – just tucked away like a secret near the popular tor;a sheltered oasis. It always feel to me as though the workforce just downed tools one day and everything was left as it was.. which I think is pretty much true. There are still bits of machinery rusting gently away, adding to the relaxed atmosphere.
Haytor quarry supplied the granite that made London Bridge, which now, ironically, lives in Arizona, USA., a fact that tickles my son. We like to walk around the pond that has filled the quarry, and then follow some of the granite tramway that was built to transport the stone.
Also a favourite walk of ours. It never ceases to amaze me how few people walk any further than a couple of meters from their parked cars.
Did you ever do letterboxing…now replaced by geocaching? Our chldren would walk all day and miles in the hope of finding just ‘one more’.
some people don’t even get out of the car! ok so for some people this makes sense (my 96 yo grandma for example)..but the rest.. like you say, they amaze me. Letterboxing – we did a little when I was a kid – Cranmere Pool – Fox tor..etc.. but not recently. I can see himself getting into geocaching… if it involves a gadget!
It’s funny how we go tot he same places – we have probably walked past each other, even said hello, many times