This beautiful night started as a race against time. From leaving work and heading home to pick up Lucy and Eloise, packing a blanket, chairs and grabbing the camera to getting back on the road towards Ashburton. The Red Mullet in Ashburton is our go to chippy and is sensational, it’s also in the right direction for heading up to Dartmoor.

We didn’t know exactly where we would end up for our sunset views but we had some ideas in mind. Most importantly we knew we needed to be elevated with views heading west… I guess this is essential for viewing sunset. We also knew we had to be quick otherwise we’d be eating cold chips. I remembered from recent trips over Dartmoor that there was a car park between Dartmeet and Poundsgate which had vast open views and it seem to even overlook Venford reservoir from a distance. Naturally as we were in a race against time all of Dartmoor’s farmers and slowest drivers had been notified which meant a lot of pauses in narrow passing spots.

With the sun beginning to dip we arrived at our destination only to find out I was completely wrong on what I thought I saw, the small car park I had headed to was facing the wrong direction and had no views of the falling sun. We jumped back in the car continuing downhill towards Dartmeet and into the blazing sun when we spotted a small layby on the side of the road next to a nice grassy patch so we pulled in and hopped out of the car with the chairs and blanket. With the clock still counting down until we lost the light I risked flying the drone to to capture the golden light as the sun began to settle behind the landscape.

With the drone landed safely, I sat back, relaxed and enjoyed Dartmoor’s last light. I guess there is only one big question left to answer. What did we order from the Chippy? Well, let me tell you… Large Chips (Of course), Curry sauce and controversially a battered sausage. In fact I think it was two but I have to admit I would always pick a battered sausage over fish which probably isn’t far from being a crime living this close to the coast.