Nine of us arrived at Belstone village for a lovely winters walk up the Taw valley to Oke Tor and back via the Nine Stones (Maidens) Circle - one for each of us!
The weather was good to us, although up on the ridge a chilly wind had us hunkering down amongst the rocks of Oke Tor to eat our lunch before following the path down the west side of Belstone Tor to visit the 'Maidens'.
We took refuge in the hostelry in Belstone (planned) and amidst a crowded clientele managed to secure a cuppa to finish off our lovely walk in as ever such good company.
Another wonder of creation manifested itself to us (our God is so creative!) when we espied not only rainbows, but also a fogbow! Apparently a fogbow forms because the water droplets are much smaller that raindrops - about 0.1 mm in size, which has the effect of scattering the diffused light in a wider spread, and thus loosing the colours of a rainbow. See pictures.
Thanks Alan for your lovely photos.
