Last Tuesday (22/02/22) a few of us reconnoitred a possible Level One route, on Harrowbeer Airfield for this years Dartmoor Walking Festival. Although the airfield is part of Yelverton, it was named Harrowbeer, to avoid confusion with Yeovilton air base in Somerset.
After several minutes searching in the rain, we found the mortar tube, which is a circular metal tube less than a foot high, and about 8 inches in Diameter. As the area is prone to mist and low cloud, they would fire the mortars to let the pilots know where the airfield was.
We then moved to the area around the Bomb loading ramp, which was sheltered from the wind, so we stopped for lunch. The rain eased while we stopped for lunch, so the rest of the day was a lot drier.
The last hour of our exploration was done in bright sunshine, but showers were not too far away as the faint rainbow shows. Gill and I are now getting into pre covid routines, stopping at the Twisted Oak for a meal on the way home.
