1645

39.7 mm from today's rain at Haytor. Monthly total now 103.5 mm (average is
86mm).
A wet morning with continuous heavy rain. Bright this afternoon with sunny
intervals and excellent visibility.

Took a short 10 mile walk on the high moor round Okehampton this morning to
experience the conditions in a small group. Started at Meldon quarry and
followed Red-a-Ven brook and then up West Mill Tor at 541m and then back down
through Okehampton camp where the Ten Tors is based. Needless to say it was wet
this morning but nothing extreme for Dartmoor and very little wind till
midday'ish. Dried up a lot this afternoon with even some sun. Patchy hill fog
above 400m asl this morning but the helicopters were flying, visibility improved
dramtically this afternoon but still patches of drizzly rain. Rivers were in
spate but the moor was nothing like that day earlier in the year when poor
Charlotte Shaw lost her life near Watern Tor, I was out walking that day too, so
I can compare.

So to sum up today, a typical wet day on Dartmoor (by Dartmoor standards) but
this was NOT severe weather for Dartmoor, I've personally been out in much worse
wind, rain and snow.

Did they make the right decision to abandon the Ten Tors? Yes I think so, bad
luck, but at least they had one day!

Will.
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" I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything
I cannot explain as fraud. Carl Jung "

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