Mining | Westcountry wanderings

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 [...]

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 [...]

More Dartmoor industries

An evening walk on the south western region of the moors this time. Not quite the good weather that the previous two walks had been but we covered some interesting ground wandering up the valley of the River Plym from just above Cadover bridge.

From Little Trowlesworthy Tor looking roughly [...]

Dartmoor at last

When I decided to start this blog I was fairly sure I would have to try and fit in a few postings that were not about Dartmoor to allow some slight balance. It saddens me that this is really only the second post on what is my favourite area of the West Country.

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