sherlockbbc | It took a bit of research but we found the right part of the tor in the end.

A lovely location that really inspired some hands-on interaction (and knee and elbow and foot scrambling). I surprised bf

garienos by being able to get up and back down on my own ... and am proud of myself for doing so too. I don't dislike heights, it's just that with my sense of balance and dodgy depth perception stuff like that can be difficult - I do have good excuses for both problems though! Time and patience, and no-one to bump into and someone to talk to me while I climb and I am fine. The view up there was lovely and familiar; I was going 'Oh look, there's the Great Grimpen Minefield'. I took photos too that I will post later.

It is not where you think it is on the Tor (they had their own separate 'compartment', more easily accessible by landrover and away from the hoi polloi). It is also quite a way up to the top there and the angle of the publicity photo foreshortens the height and lifts John (bless him) by putting Martin Freeman on a handy boulder. They were there much later in the day than we were; we'd got up early to beat the crowds and were climbing the rocks at 8.35am! The ascent from the other side isn't as hard as it looks though; I'm not sure Mr Cumberbatch could have climbed in those shoes and that coat (I'd got walking boots on) but longer limbs and better co-ordination might have got him over the sloping bit of stone that I had problems with both on ascent and descent. Might be nice to compare notes on climbing practice!

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alessnox

Wonderful.
It's so cool to see the rocks.
Thanks for sharing.

bethnoir

Thanks for posting this, we'll have to visit there next time we're down, I'm reading the original book at the moment.

quarryquest

I am hoping to get together maps and screen grabs for a report so people know exactly where to go and climb. Keep an eye out for the post when I put it up.