Sunday, 10 November 2013

Drive by Trig

I had set aside the day to bag some trigs but as I wasn't feeling great today, due to a stomach ache,  realised I had to do drive-by-trigs.  Fortunately the area around south Tiverton obliged me.

I started with TP6969 Windmill Down.  A mere hop over a fence and a bag of a lonely and quite exposed trig.
13 11 10 TP6969 Windmill Down (13)
13 11 10 TP6969 Windmill Down (8)
Fab views through the sight holes though!
13 11 10 TP6969 Windmill Down (10)
And from the top.
13 11 10 TP6969 Windmill Down (12)
Then it was off through the embryonic Dart River to the next one.
13 11 10 Dart Ford
TP4573, Lower Way, is up in a Devon hedge.  No problems there then.  Just a bit of a fight up through brambles and a lovely view.  I'm sometimes quite pleased I bag trigs alone as my commentary of "Aha, there you are.  Wow got you.  How are you?" would sound very weird.  Says I typing it out for everyone to read.
13 11 10 TP4573 Lower Way (5)
13 11 10 TP4573 Lower Way (4)
It was quite a fight to unearth the flush bracket on this one.
13 11 10 TP4573 Lower Way (7)
Next off was Crockers Down.  Another drive-by-trig up a random Devon lane with oodles of pheasants and no passing places.  The best way to find a trig.  A pretty suberb plinth for this one.
13 11 10 TP2593 Crockers Down (6)
Shame the top was so eroded.
13 11 10 TP2593 Crockers Down (5)
13 11 10 TP2593 Crockers Down (7)
And finally I headed to TP3396, Gogwell Farm.  A short off-road drive to get to this one, which confused the sat nav.
13 11 10 TP3396 Gogwell Farm (9)
Had to double-check the map before finding this one as I walked past it.  It's in the middle of the photo.
13 11 10 TP3396 Gogwell Farm (8)
See?
13 11 10 TP3396 Gogwell Farm (10)
Another damaged top.
13 11 10 TP3396 Gogwell Farm (12)

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