Tuesday 8th March Sourton Tors and Great Links Tor

A longer walk today in near perfect walking conditions. Hazy sunshine, cool breeze and much drier underfoot. We set out towards the Ice Works and past Sourton Tors to join the Rattlebrook track.

It was at this point that the saga of the gloves started - Carol had one missing.

A short diversion from the track by the bridge over the Lyd and up through Tiger Marsh to the B17 crash site memorial.

Finally, a man who had been on many missions found what he had been looking for. It was here all along.  The problem was not his navigation but the fact that he had been given incorrect information about where he should be looking.

Back down to the track and up along and round and across to Great Links Tor.....

We stopped here, out of the wind and in the warm sunshine for our picnic looking out across towards  Higher and Lower Dunna Goat.

Next down and across to Widgery Cross on Brat Tor (or even Bray Tor). Then down the steep track to the Ford

In the distance the sound of gunfire coming from Willsworthy ranges and the red flags on Doe Tor and Hare Tor

Here then the saga of the gloves continued.  Colin was now one missing.  The good news was that we could still make one good pair because it was opposite hands that had gone, although they probably wouldn't match.

Back now along the track beside Great Nodden to start a search for Carol's missing glove but it was in vain.  

Not long after this Colin discovered that he hadn't really lost his glove after all - it was in his sleeve!  So now we had one complete pair and one half a pair. But, then a stroke of luck, a glove was found on the ground. It didn't match the original but it provide Carol with a pair. 

From here we went down under Sourton Tors and to the cars.

On the walk today Colin, Amber, Terry, Rosemary, Carol, Roger and Charlie