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Outside our room there was a guest book from the early 20th century. We drove to Dartmeet via Ponsworthy. We passed Uphill Farm, where R worked for 7 days in 2005. At Dartmeet we walked about a bit. We went down to where the East and West Dart rivers combine, and we watched the birds … Read more “Driving home via Dartmeet”
After a good breakfast, we walked from the pub up to Haytor. It had just stopped raining and the air was damp and still, and the peaty ground wet underfoot. Glassy pools of water reflected shapes of the granite outcrops. We passed the old mine workings on the way up to the tor, and followed … Read more “Walk from Haytor”
We set off after lunch for the Rock Inn in Haytor Vale, on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor. We stopped at Yarner wood, a mile or so from the inn, on the way. We walked some trails in the wood and stopped in a hide for a bit. While we were there a warden came … Read more “Driving to Dartmoor”