Gallery
Thawing out over lunch at Endsleigh Garden Centre.
George and Dillan defrosting at Endsleigh Garden Centre café.
Skirting the River Erme by Ivybridge Leisure Centre on the cycle route.
Jude at Fore Stoke Farm, entering the open moor towards Venford Reservoir.
Parking at Saddle Bridge for the quarter-mile walk to Week Ford.
Footpath from Saddle Bridge following the O Brook.
Jude and Dillan soaking up the O Brook scenery.
Approaching Week Ford Blowing House; wheel pit and furnace at the back.
Mould Stone at Week Ford Blowing House, for casting tin ingots.
One of four Mortar Stones we found, for grinding tin ore.
Blowing House view from the upper end.
Rear of the Blowing House, showing Mould Stone, furnace and wheel pit.
Close-up of another Mortar Stone.
Dillan’s novel route back to the river through marshes ends predictably: drenched feet.
Stepping stones over the East Dart at Week Ford.
Jude and Dillan negotiate the Week Ford stepping stones.
John, George and Will (off-camera) joined us at Holne café and rode home together; shown at Ridgey Cross.
Dillan and Jude at the Treffry Viaduct, Luxulyan Valley.
The Treffry Viaduct in the Luxulyan Valley.
Jude and Dillan in the very warm Rainforest Biome, Eden Project.
Jude and Dillan at the Eden Project.
Jude and Dillan at the Eden Project.
The Rainforest Lookout, high in the Rainforest Biome, Eden Project.
Dillan outside the Eden Project, heading back to the car.