Winter walking on the moors

The "feel" of winter on the moors

Nothing in the way of snow however walking Dartmoor in the winter can be interesting with changeable weather. Photos from a recent walk on the south east of the moors. [...]

Walking the Redlake tramway

On the Redlake Tramway on southern Dartmoor

A walk and photographs from along the Redlake tramway on southern Dartmoor on a cold and wet December day 2011 [...]

Walking around the centre of southern Dartmoor

Overlooking Fox Tor Mire

Walking on southern Dartmoor in winter in wet conditions around Erme Pits and Fox Tor mire with some photos taken in late November 2011 [...]

An evening on the south west edge of Dartmoor

Trowlesworthy Tors in evening light

Photographs from an evening walking the south west edge of Dartmoor around Shell Top and Penn Beacon and overlooking the china clay works and towards Plymouth Sound in the evening sunlight [...]

Circular walk from Burrator reservoir – part 2

Part of Down Tor row and Combshead Tor

Part 2 of the walk from Burrator reservoir walking back past tin mining remains and Down Tor bronze age remains [...]

Circular walk from Burrator reservoir – part 1

Crazywell Pool on Dartmoor

First part of a circular walk from Burrator reservoir up the River Meavy and along the Devonport leat to Crazywell Pool [...]

Walking up the Zeal Tor tramway

A welcome opportunity for a walk on the moors with a friend took us to Shipley Bridge on the southern edge of the moors.  It was late February and, although not cold, the weather was best described as “mixed” I guess.  The car park there is often quite full and used [...]

Mining and antiquities on Dartmoor

Blocking stone on the rows on Challacombe Down

Effectively this is a follow on from my previous post from the same day’s walk here.  The photos in the previous one were orientated around the scenery on the day and this one covers some of the antiquities and remains in the Headland Warren area generally.  Walking south from [...]

Man’s fingerprints on Dartmoor

In a sense this is “part 2″ of my previous post here.  The images were all taken on the same day and, while showing quite a wild part of the UK, also indicate some of  the ways the moors have been used over centuries.  The work of man can be seen [...]

The strange beauty of remote landscapes

I guess I was in a thoughtful mood while I was out today and the title of this occurred to me while I was driving up to the moors. We have had a few frosty mornings over the past few days (temperatures around -3 deg C) but this was the first [...]

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