Having taken the fast but steep climb from Ashburton to Cold East Cross, Gage and Tim had definitely earned an early lunch at Bonehill Rocks. Whilst we enjoyed the view from our high vantage point Gage spotted a letterbox. Then he found another not three metres away from the first. Soon we were all looking behind every likely-looking rock, and sure enough our count reached seven in the space of 15 minutes. No doubt there would have been more if we had looked harder. Many of the boxes had only been placed a few weeks earlier. It's all a far cry from the early days of letterboxing when you might find a single box on each significant tor!

We continued along the track past Honeybag tor which both lads thoroughly enjoyed, descended to Widecombe for refreshments and then headed over to Ponsworthy for the big decision on whether to go for the climb to Dr Blackall's Drive. The sight of the initial stages of the climb didn't encourage them, but they both decided to go for it and soon we were speeding down one of the most spectacular tracks on Dartmoor. Of course when they reached the bottom they just wanted to do it all again, but time was pressing on so we contented ourselves with refreshments from the ice cream van and a homeward ride through Hembury Woods.