The nights are starting to draw in

Moon over Dartmoor

Pictures taken walking on Hone moor Dartmoor in the evening with the sun going down and the moon coming up [...]

Walking towards the centre of southern Dartmoor

On Sandy Way heading to Aune Head

Walking from Vennford reservoir on southern Dartmoor towards the centre of the moor around Redlake and back over Ryder’s Hill in mixed weather conditions [...]

Dartmoor weather at the four points of the compass

Looking West from Ryder's

Variable Dartmoor weather at the four points of the compass [...]

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 [...]

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.

I [...]