Day 10, Wednesday 1/6

Day 10, Wednesday 1/6/2011, Start of the Nick Walker memorial Tour of Britain.

 

Nick Walker Tour of Britain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impressive little lineup of Alvis

Start of the Nick Walker Memorial Tour (tour dinner previous evening). Off to Dartmoor today. Traveled in the TE with Ian and Jean Galloway, got hopelessly lost and went in a circle back to the hotel, decided to use the map the next time and found our way to Bovey Tracey. Stopped for a break here and unfortunately the 4.3 traveling with us had its brakes lock on (was a very steep sideways slope on the car park and with the handbrake on, the brake cables managed to hook around a mounting bolt).

Had lunch in the car park (lovely view of the village) and then went on to meet the tour at Castle Drago (youngest castle in the UK, built in around 1911), then went across the moors for a look on the way back to Lord Haldon Hotel.

More arrivals

Belvedere Tower in the distance

 

Roads look even narrower from a TE21 Alvis

 

View over the moor

 

Bovey Tracey car park, it's steeper than it looks

Castle Drago

 

Impressive hedge

Kitchen setup is spectacular

Wildlife on the moor

View from the TE cockpit