Wistman’s Woods
We set off from the Two Bridges Hotel (where we had just checked in to) in a hail storm. The staff said that we must be mad. The storm passed as we left the car park. We got a real stomp on as Wistman’s was a few miles away and it wasn’t long until sunset.
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