Circular ‘Ten Tors’ walk to ‘The Beardown Man’ with Tom — and Emily! 

Friday, 3rd June 2022 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

🕒 Starting from Holming Beam — to the heights of all three Beardown Tors — Lydford Tor — ‘nameless tor’ — Beardown Man  — Devil’s Tor — across the high Moor to Rough Tor — Crow Tor — cross the West Dart river to Longaford Tor, Littaford Tors — skirting the length of Wistman’s Wood — crossing back over the West Dart 💦 — back up steep incline to Beardown Tors — arriving at Holming Beam at 🕙🌙

The Beardown Man is a lonesome Bronze Age menhir or standing stone — that stands in perfect isolation beside Devil’s Tor —— ‘Fur Tor’ on the horizon. I believe that the standing stone measures 11 foot in height; one can only imagine how many more feet are beneath the ground! It’s truly awesome to behold.

The Beardown Man magickally changes shape from which ever angle and perspective one looks at it. . .Away from the madding crowd — we celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a Belgium Bun at the standing stone!

Apart from cows and sheep — we had all of the Tors and moorland in-between to ourselves.

And the Ravens were expecting me at Crow Tor — with a gift of a beautiful, freshly dropped pristine feather.🖤

‘Nameless Tor’

Rough Tor – aptly named as the going gets a bit rough round here!

Characterful Crow Tor

Buller’s Stone or Druid’s Stone, Wistman’s Wood. Crow Tor now on the far horizon.

‘Old Friend’ Tom at the Beardown Man in 2022.

And in 2009 – aged nine!

‘Sign of our times’ caught in my headlights near Bellever Forest on my drive home.

A perfectly Beary souvenir “Thank you for everything” by Lucy Claire Illustrations. To celebrate our walk to ‘The Beardown Man’ on the occasion of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend.