Wednesday 18th February 2026
This post continues on from my brief morning visit to Lydford Gorge, as I returned to the same car park. Persistent rain was… Persistent!
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Lydford Gorge and the Waterfall
Wednesday 18th February 2026
After an unintended day of rest during my stay in Devon, I decided to travel a short distance back up the A386 and explore a walk starting at Lydford Gorge, which I’d not been to before.
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Sunday 17th November 2019
Earlier this year, Country Walking Magazine penned and published a circular route on Dartmoor that they regard as the ‘Mini Ten Tors’. Much smaller than its fifty-five mile cousin, this one is only nine miles in length and can be completed in a single day.
Trev, from the YouTube channel Summit of Nothing, had organised this event as his second in a series of fundraising walks, looking ahead to a Himalayan trek he’s embarking on in 2020. I wasn’t able to make the first one at Belstone but I signed up, paid my dues and drove on down to Devon. Continue reading “Dartmoor’s ‘Mini Ten Tors’”
Chagford on Dartmoor
Sunday 2nd December 2018
Our long-weekend away in wet and windy Devon was drawing to an end. My car was packed and ready for the inevitable drive home, while others might’ve been finishing up at the youth hostel, settling for a shorter walk or perhaps an early return journey to Bristol.
Only a few of us headed south once more and for the longest walk of the day, which began in the village of Chagford.
