title A Walk up Sheepstor and Visiting Sis and Matt, Dartmoor and Chagford, Devon - 9th April 2007 intro Following a couple of days visiting Mother and Mike near Yelverton, on the south side of Dartmoor, it's time to head across the moor to the north side to see Sis and Matt at their new (ish) pad in Chagford. As well as milling around Chagford for a bit and having the odd beer in the local, there's plenty of walking around involved - and the opportunity to be nearly run over by Jennifer Saunders' Porsche - in the nearby countryside, and around Fernworthy Resevoir. Before that, we walk up to the top of Sheepstor, near Burrator Resevoir on the south side of Dartmoor. imgp4406 The path to Sheepstor imgp4408 Isobel climbs up Sheepstor imgp4410 Isobel glances back at a trig point imgp4411 Climbing around the rocks imgp4413 The view down to Burrator Resevoir imgp4415 A view from Sheepstor imgp4419 Other walkers on the other part of the tor imgp4421 Isobel has a drink imgp4425 Nosher and Isobel on Sheepstor imgp4442 Heading down imgp4450 The tree-lined path imgp4455 Isobel amongst the tall pines imgp4459 Ivy almost completely envelopes a tree imgp4463 Isobel looks at something imgp4469 New ferns uncurl in the woods imgp4485 Ivy and a pine cone look almost like a still life imgp4486 Waterboatmen skate around on a pond imgp4493 The 13th Century tin miners' bridge at Postbridge imgp4506 The bridge at Postbridge imgp4509 Isobel peers into the river imgp4515 Matt, Isobel and Sis watch for their sticks imgp4518 We head off for a walk around Chagford imgp4525 Trees perfectly reflected in the still river imgp4529 A dog walker imgp4533 Northfield petrol station on the edge of Chagford imgp4534 A mini stone circle imgp4537 A nice thatched house in Chagford imgp4542 Matt and Sis in the local boozer imgp4546 Matt and Sis in their kitchen imgp4548 Matt does some food preparation imgp4549 Boiled potatoes and roasted peppers imgp4550 The dinner table imgp4551 Isobel cuts some quiche imgp4555 Mother contemplates a board-game question imgp4558 Chagford graveyard imgp4559 Isobel stands by the churchyard gate imgp4561 The centre of Chagford imgp4564 The world's cutest bank - a thatched Lloyds TSB imgp4569 Sis and Matt's pad imgp4572 The sun shines through tall pine trees imgp4573 A glimpse of Fernworthy Resevoir imgp4575 Isobel talks to some ponies imgp4583 Isobel finds some more ponies imgp4584 Isobel gets close to a horse imgp4588 On the path, a pine-cone missive imgp4590 A dense tangle of trees imgp4592 Everyone looks into a stream for some reason imgp4594 Isobel says hello to a dog imgp4596 Isobel, Matt and Sis hang on a gate for a while imgp4601 Fernworthy Resevoir imgp4606 A drowned tree in Fernworthy Resevoir imgp4608 An ancient stone grave imgp4615 Flooded tussocks of grass and another drowned tree imgp4617 Fernworthy Resevoir, looking towards the dam imgp4619 A fly-fisher casts his line imgp4621 Bright red lifebelt imgp4623 Behind the Fernworty dam