Gibbet Hill from Lydford Gorge

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

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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Grenofen Circular

This was my first walk on a trip to Devon back in November. Staying just outside of Horrabridge, I was definitely looking to do some walks on Dartmoor. But to start off my week, I could access this riverside circular walk from the rear gate of my chosen accommodation.

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Dartmoor’s ‘Mini Ten Tors’

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’”