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| Showery Tor |
The day before had been tumultuous rain and we’d had to resort to skulking in coffee shops and pubs in between dragging the dog (who seemed to have soaked up his entire body weight in water) around a variety of quaint Cornish villages. This was okay as far as it went, but one day was plenty, and we were pleased to get out in the sunshine and climb up to Rough (pronounced “Row”) Tor, via the sculptural Showery Tor and Little Rough Tor.
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| Little Rough Tor |
It’s an excellent walk, dipping down from there and then up and onwards to glorious Brown Willy (420m), which is privately owned with permitted access. The farm and land have just been sold, and the Daily Mail in April were speculating that its new owner could be Prince Charles (so it must be true...)
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| Rough Tor |
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| WWII memorial on Rough Tor |
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| Trig pillar on Brown Willy (although not highest point) |
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| Large precarious cairn marks highest point |
We cut straight back to the car park via Showery Tor again and various groups of wild ponies. We got a bit sunburned on the way down, not having expected quite so much sunshine.
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| Wild ponies on Bodmin Moor |
(In the afternoon we also walked from Tintagel to Trebarwith Strand for a pint at the Port William, and then back along the coast path, (making about 11 miles in total for the day),followed by a barbeque on the top decking at “our” cottage. Perfect.)
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