This visit on Wednesday 7th March was truly very special and all our Members thoroughly enjoyed it, especially considering the extremely cold, snowy conditions everyone had been enduring a few days earlier. It was so wonderful to get out and about walking in the early Spring sunshine enjoying the best scenery Dartmoor could possibly offer.
We started off at the very beautiful 17th Century Fingle Bridge with our expert guide from the National Trust, Tom Wood, and headed along a very dramatic River Teign towards the Hydroelectric Power Plant to see the two highly efficient turbines installed by Gilbert Gilkes and Co.
As with Castle Drogo itself, the building they are housed in was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Tom explained everything to us – not just the History and the flora and fauna of this stunning location, but also how all the machinery worked in conjunction with the Castle.
On the way back we stopped at the “Teign Logan” which in its time had been the “Number 1” Tourist attraction for Dartmoor. Dr Tom Greeves treated us to a couple of fabulous quotes which truly brought the whole location to life.
All our Members agreed this event had been a real treat.