Foggy day on Dartmoor

With sunny weather and clear skies in Exeter, we optimistically headed for Dartmoor. The roads were clear and we got to Ilsington with only one minor map reading confusion on my part, only to hit a bank of thick fog as we climbed up towards the top of the moor. We successfully navigated ourselves to Hound Tor car park, where the visibility was down to 15 metres, and, despite mater's misgivings and complaints, successfully navigated ourselves up to the tor itself where I was impressed to find a couple of people climbing trad despite the filthy weather.


We toured round the rest of the tors — in some places it was possible to see for 30-40 metres — ending up at Haytor, where it was so foggy that despite the short distance from the car park to the tor, we got so lost that we eneded up at the quarry instead. Giving up at this point, we stopped off in Chudleigh Knighton for lunch, and came back to town to allow the parents to drop me off before starting on their journey back to Coventry.