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Fur Tor in the snowThis is almost a repeat walk of that reported for Flat Tor. The main difference is the snow and we walked back over Wildbanks Hill. This part of Dartmoor in the snow is simply glorious. You get a real feeling of isolation and the visual spectacle is well worth the extra effort needed to get out here. (As a contrast the last photo shows a shot of Brixham on the same day that this walk was taken.).Start from Drift Lane SX 646788 at Postbridge and walk over Broadun to Sandy Hole Pass. Follow the East Dart upstream and just beyond the waterfall at Kit Rocks cross over the first stream, walk along the marshy ground beside the East Dart and then head up the Cut Hill streambed. Head up the east slope of Cut Hill - if you make for the line of the army warning poles then this gives you the easiest way up to the summit of Cut Hill. Then make for Fur Tor taking the track then traverses Cut Combe valley. To return from Fur Tor it is best to follow a compass course to Flat Tor since it is a pretty featureless (but direct) walk over the wet ground around South Tavy and West Dart heads. From Flat tor we walked due south over the water logged ground between the two Darts and then climbed up the slopes of Wildbanks Hill and then eastwards over the rough ground to Broadun. And thence back to Postbridge.Walking in the snow is probably easier than most other times because the wet ground is usually firmer to walk over. Long grass (particularly around Cut Hill) is also far less of a hindrance than it is in summer. Nonetheless the dangers are fairly obvious. This can be a serious walk of nearly 10 miles. Allow at least 5 hours. The usual warnings about walking over Dartmoor must apply here. There is wet ground nearly all the way from Fur Tor to Wildbanks Hill and the ground is exposed and somewhat featureless. In poor weather this could get very challenging. A lot of the walk is within the Army ranges so watch out for warning flags.
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