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 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 [...]

Bluebells and evening light around Hound Tor

Bluebells and Haytor

Walking the Hound Tor area of eastern Dartmoor during the bluebell flowering season with photos of that and a rather nice sunset. [...]

Fingers of God over Dartmoor

Fingers of God over Dartmoor

Sunset and crepuscular rays over Dartmoor [...]

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 [...]

Remains, ancient and modern, on Hameldon

Hameldon cross

Remains from the Neolithic through to World War 2 observed while walking Hameldon on Dartmoor. [...]

Grimspound bronze age settlement

I’ve referred to Grimspound settlement in some previous blogs however I have not blogged it specifically.  The area I walked for this blog is just to the west of Grimspound.  I was walking in the area last week and, as part of the walk, I wandered around the area and got [...]

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 [...]

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