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 [...]

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 [...]

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 north [...]