We parked at Burrator Dam and walked along the road to the Information Centre. Along the way there were rhododendrons and azelias, which looked beautiful with the reservoir in the background.
Just after the Centre we went through the gate marked permissive path. This led us to a walk around the reservoir and we did not need to walk on the road again until we came to the other end at Norseworthy Bridge. There were bluebells along the way and other flowers as well as views of the reservoir, then river that fed it.
The path was not as good as in the past, rain seems to have washed away soil leading to stoney areas and lots of exposed roots. We stopped for lunch st Norseworthy Bridge and admired the irises growing at the side of the river.
After a short walk along the road we were able to go back inside to the area around the reservoir. There were more bluebells on this stretch. When the reservoir is low you can walk right along the shoreline but this was not possible to today and at one point we had to return to the road for a short stretch.
The views from the end of the reservoir were lovely and I was able to experiment with the panaroma setting on my camera. It was then a short section back to the dam to take more photos and and have an icecream. The end of of lovely walk.
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