title A Visit to Okehampton Castle and Dartmoor, Devon - 28th May 2016 intro On Day One of a few days in Spreyton, Devon, we haul Grandma J out from the house for a trip to nearby Okehampton Castle. On the way back we detour over Dartmoor to the other side of Princetown to walk up a tor. imgp3522 Isobel, Mother and The Boys sit in the sun imgp3524 Grandma J chats to Fred imgp3525 Fred and Harry peer around with binoculars imgp3529 Fred on the swings imgp3530 An old grass roller on Spreyton playing field imgp3532 There's an old grey Freguson in the long grass imgp3535 Fred's on the rings imgp3537 Pub of the year: The Tom Cobley in Spreyton imgp3540 Fred on the Chapel Park hill imgp3542 Mother roams about imgp3544 Isobel and Sis share a joke imgp3545 Mother potters about in the kitchen imgp3546 There's a squirrel in the garden imgp3549 Harry and cousin sit by the hedge imgp3550 Isobel and Mother on the patio imgp3551 A Devon view from the garden imgp3553 The field next to Mother's house imgp3566 Okehampton shopping arcade imgp3567 St. James Street, Okehampton imgp3568 The old mill on Mill Road imgp3570 A mob of Jackdaws hang around in Grandma J's tree imgp3575 Isobel and Fred imgp3576 The road up to the castle imgp3577 Harry hangs on to Isobel imgp3578 The gang walk down the lane to the castle imgp3581 Harry and Fred run off to explore imgp3582 The improbably-stacked ruins of Okehampton Castle imgp3589 Time for lunch imgp3592 The view over Okehampton from the top of the Motte imgp3594 Castle graffiti imgp3596 On the steps down the Motte imgp3599 In an old hall imgp3602 Mother clings to a wall imgp3604 Pretty lilac flowers imgp3607 Fred looks up imgp3609 Another improbably stack of ruin imgp3611 Harry balances something on his head imgp3613 Harry and Fred get tooled up and join a gang imgp3616 Harry gets a shield and sword of his own imgp3618 Harry's sword is presented imgp3622 There's a whole gang of lads having a sword fight imgp3625 Harry and Fred cross swords imgp3628 Sir Harry, the knight imgp3633 Fighting is paused to see a puppy imgp3638 Trees, and the castle ticket office imgp3640 The nearby river imgp3645 Time for a picnic on the bench imgp3647 Isobel and Mother chat imgp3650 Back at the ticket office imgp3651 Derelict huts in the hills imgp3652 Walking back up the road imgp3656 Harry, Grandma J and Fred imgp3663 Nosher joins the group, as Harry gurns imgp3665 Fred cautiosly dips a foot into the river imgp3667 Mother and Harry imgp3669 Fred walks around on the rocks imgp3672 Fred hides under a shield imgp3673 We head off onto the moor imgp3674 A VW camper van heads to Princetown imgp3675 Back on Dartmoor imgp3676 Mother sits on a rock imgp3679 Dartmoor ponies imgp3681 Fred wanders off imgp3682 Mother roams around imgp3685 Fred waves from a Tor imgp3687 Isobel and Fred on a tor imgp3689 The boys are dots in the landscape imgp3690 Mother stands near a pile of rocks imgp3691 Mother has a sit down on a pile of granite imgp3694 Fred jumps around amongst the rocks imgp3695 Fred waves a sword around imgp3698 Animal trails stand out nicely on the hillside imgp3699 On the rocks imgp3704 Fred considers a pile of rocks imgp3706 Isobel strides about imgp3707 A gap-toothed Fred hides in the rocks imgp3709 Isobel on Dartmoor imgp3712 Harry and Fred imgp3719 Harry in the bar of the Tom Cobley imgp3720 Isobel ponders her dinner choices imgp3721 The gang have a drink before dinner