Dizzying Heights: Sheepstor perspectives.

Sheepstor when viewed from base level – rises to a formidable bank of granite blocks – in contrast to the green, easier slopes around its sides…

B for Burrator (2) Sheepstor - Sunday 11th June 2017

On Sunday 11th. June 2017 – surmounting the top of Sheepstor’s wall was less demanding than usual because it had been dwarfed by a mass of towering cumulus… B for Burrator (1) Raven - Sunday 11th June 2017View from the top of the ‘wall’….B for Burrator (4) panaramic view - Sunday 11th June 2017Similarly dwarfed – as if by a mercurial shadow of its own making – expansive Burrator Reservoir appeared like a small sheet of mirrored glass…B for Burrator - Sunday 11th June 2017

As I stood into the wind – the effort of clambering up the steepest ‘path’ to the top of the wall seemed suddenly effortless – the 360° view was breathtaking. B for Burrator (3) panaramic view - Sunday 11th June 2017In contrast to the fixedness of my feet – my perspectives shifted around me – like the wind and the light across the surface of the water… B for Burrator Reservoir - Sunday 11th June 2017After drinking it all in whilst enjoying a snack – I was delighted to find some old bones that I had once made into a ‘magic pile’…  my-magic-pile-sheepstor-something-about-dartmoor-5I found them locked in a crevice – down the side of the rock where I had piled them last year…B for Burrator (2) Bone - Sunday 11th June 2017

When eventually I came back down – I felt dizzy on oxygen – so I sat under an inspirational Hawthorn where I noticed the year turning too…B for Burrator (3) Hawthorn - Sunday 11th June 2017

I stayed here for another indeterminable – indefinable measure of time…B for Burrator (1) Sunday 11th June 2017

B for Burrator (7) Hawthorn - Sunday 11th June 2017B for Burrator (6) Hawthorn - Sunday 11th June 2017

I love this pulsing track by Amethystium – and their awesome artwork too! I feel like I’m connected to Dartmoor by a silken thread…enjoy.

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