Synopsis: It took a while to find, but eventually we discover the ‘perfect’ barbecue spot up on Dartmoor for Mum, Laura and me. Laura and I took a little walk over to favourite haunt of ours, Hound Tor.
Initially we tried the reservoirs north of Bovey Tracey but these were all posted with ‘No Fires’ signs. This was rather a nuisance as these reservoirs would make a lovely barbecue spot. It would have been nice if at least one spot were designated for barbecues.
Also tried Fernworthy, where we had recently had a barbecue with Helen, but the Pony Club were at our barbecue location. Little chance of us asking them to move on, so we had to look elsewhere. By this time everyone, particularly Laura, were beginning to wonder if they’d ever get lunch.
I recalled seeing on a recent walk a place by the roadside near Hound Tor where people had camped and my thinking what a lovely location it was. I decided that was the best option for us, so off we set to find this place.
I pulled Mum’s car up onto the grass verge and we unloaded our picnic gear and walked about 50 metres to where we found the ideal location for a barbecue. We had a bag of barbecue coals left over from our recent trip to the Peak District, and that’s what we used on this location. It wasn’t long before we had a good fire going and our sausages were sat in place sizzling nicely. How delicious food is in the open air, particularly when you’re ravishingly hungry because lunch was so late.
Barbecue on Dartmoor - the perfect barbecue location, but it took us a while to find it!
Barbecue on Dartmoor - plenty of smoke!
Greator Rocks - Laura
Laura and I decided we needed to walk off our ‘lunch’. We thought we’d do this by walking over to Great Tor and then circling back to Hound Tor. I had thought we could have walked to Hay Tor and Mum might have picked us up there, but Mum apparently has a strong aversion to driving on the Moor and was adamant she didn’t want to do that. Laura and I thought Mum/Nanny must have had some bad experience in the past so we decided not to push it. Not to worry; Laura and I had a nice hour’s walk doing what we did, and Nanny got to have a relaxing rest back at our barbecue site.
Walk Statistics:
Total Distance: 2.0 miles
Elapsed Time: 1hr
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