Arry 22,495 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 Well not sure if anybody is interested after Mack's post Lol. Up on Dartmoor near Hound Tor is Holwell Lawn about 20 acres of Blurbells just coming out. Cool breeze and misty quite atmospheric Cuckoo calling not far away but no chance of seeing it in the mist. I know where I am but not sure about her. Cheers Arry 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 22,495 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 After a Full English at Cafe on the Green at Widecome we set off again from Bone Hill Rocks up to Bell Tor. Below us about 200 yard sorry about quality 2 Ravens at a dead sheep or lamb. All the time Cuckoos call way down in the valley. On to Chinkwell Tor just few hundred yards. Hay Tor from Chinkwell Tor Hound Tor from Chinkwell. Back to Bone Hill where we parked. Cheers Arry 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,264 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 18 hours ago, dytkos said: Expected that to come out sideways tbh Cheers, D. What’s mushroom doing standing on your lawn ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 22,495 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) Right up on Chinkwell Tor 1,503 feet up I spotted this somebody had been splitting Granite how the f**k they would get it down from up there I have no idea no tracks. Rule of thumb Granite weighs one hundredweight a cubic foot. That line of holes is about six foot long christ know what that chunk would weigh. Smaller chuck that had been slit under it. Cheers Arry Edited May 9, 2022 by Arry 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,460 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 21 minutes ago, Arry said: Right up on Chinkwell Tor 1,503 feet up I spotted this somebody had been slitting Granite how the f**k they would get it down from up there I have no idea no tracks. Rule of thumb Granite weighs one hundredweight a cubic foot. That'll be Stonewall and his rollers, Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 22,846 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) Once had a days hunting on dartmoor. We were told to sit on a big mound of stones with a wall around it. Apparently it was built a long time ago to keep foxes in. Foxes came from all directions that day trying to get into it and we had to try and turn em off it. Edited May 8, 2022 by DIDO.1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 22,495 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 minute ago, DIDO.1 said: Once had a days hunting on dartmoor. We were told to sit on a big mound of stones with a wall around it. Apparently it was built a long time ago to keep foxes in. Foxes came from all directions that day trying to get into in and we had to try and turn em off it. My mates and I used work our terriers in pile of rocks out there and stand on top with guns. Charley was worth something in them days DIDO. Good times mate different times now. Some bit of country side Dartmoor. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,934 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 28 minutes ago, Arry said: My mates and I used work our terriers in pile of rocks out there and stand on top with guns. Charley was worth something in them days DIDO. Good times mate different times now. Some bit of country side Dartmoor. Cheers Arry theres still a few that work the piles and clitter mate, i know i wouldnt like to put a terrier in one myself Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,820 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 2 hours ago, lurcherman 887 said: What’s mushroom doing standing on your lawn ? That is actually a view from my office at work. My gardens far less tidy Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 22,495 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 hour ago, South hams hunter said: theres still a few that work the piles and clitter mate, i know i wouldnt like to put a terrier in one myself Never had a problem with the old ground clearing piles on the top often more than one would slip out. We had a close one once down near the river in oak woods though where the boulders are as big as cars they were down a long way and speaking. To get them out we geed them up by all firing shots and shouting as if one had bolted they came out absolutely knackered. Think if we hadn't got them out when we did most would not have got out and there was no way in. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 16,164 Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Lovely little spot to be working in the sunshine this morning 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 16,164 Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 Sandstone path and raised patio, the lad has shown how he wanted the path putting down, I told him there’s to many straight joints but it’s what he wants and it’s my mates job so sod it it’s got to be cut both sides so it snakes through the garden, lovely people to work for, he’s already asked if I want paying before I’ve finished, I did all the under pinning here and the foundations for the extension, so the Polish builders could start, what a job they have done , he paid 330k for the house, 120k for the extension and it’s just been valued at 680k, not a bad return on your investment, he’s a criminal defence lawyer so well worth knowing, his dad is a catholic priest so the may of been some forward planning with his career choice 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,460 Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 21 minutes ago, Stavross said: he’s a criminal defence lawyer so well worth knowing, his dad is a catholic priest so the may of been some forward planning with his career choice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 22,495 Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 Slapton sands with the Ley in behind and Start Point in the distance. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,934 Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 24 minutes ago, Arry said: Slapton sands with the Ley in behind and Start Point in the distance. Cheers Arry You sneaking down with a rod? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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