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 [...]

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 [...]

1 day – 3 quite different photos

Stepping stones acros the river Dart

Three differing photographs taken in Devon on one day recently from both the coast and 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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