TMW - Tarr Steps to Batsworthy

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After a cool night by Tarr Steps (lots of noises of owls in the evening and pheasants & a woodpecker in the morning!), we woke to a misty morning with lots of low lying cloud, giving the cobwebs and meadows a mystical sparkle but also, and more importantly, highlighting the otherwise unclear paths across farmers fields!

Yes, today we left Exmoor (only one moor to go ?) and hit the mid-Devon section, (an emerging pattern of downhill to a river, over a bridge & uphill again to farmers fields) hard with our longest stretch yet: 22.53km and 580m elevation. This was because, despite our seemingly slow pace, we actually reached our planned destination (just pass Knowstone by the main a-road where we had scouted on google maps a place to wild camp) at lunch time! We did have a delicious and well needed cooked lunch at the Sidmoor Diner there but being way too early to hang out til dark we decided to plod on and found a campsite literally right on the trail around Batsworthy: Acorns Naturist Retreat! Now we had read about this place (has great reviews) and knew we might end up there if needed, so we decided to push our boundaries and go for it. Why not eh?! It was a lovely clean site with an outdoor pool, sauna & hot tub (which we had to use to make the most of the cost of one night £34!) and the people were very friendly; and for anyone wondering, yes people are nude, but most walk around in a towel or robe.

Anyway, the sun shined warmly into the evening which was lovely and peaceful, as is the moon now shining boldly. Night ?

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Photos

Half of the two moors sculpture
We done Exmoor! One moor to go!