Walk • Trek • Travel
A photographic record and journal of our walking, trekking and travelling adventures.
Summer Solstice Wild Camp
Summer Solstice Wild Camp

Sunday 21 June 2015

The plan was straight forward enough. We would drive to Dartmoor. Walk out onto the moors. Set up camp and watch the sunset. In the morning we would wake up early and watch the sunrise on Summer Solstice.

Hartland to Bude
Hartland to Bude

Saturday 26 May 2012

Everything that I had read told me that this was going to be a difficult day so I knew that this walk was going to be tough. It is rated ‘severe’ and I was adding an extra three miles to it.

Clovelly to Hartland Quay
Clovelly to Hartland Quay

Saturday 19 May 2012

Setting off early I managed to reach Hartland Quay just before 09:00 where I was able to park my car and then had to walk the three miles back to Hartland in order to catch the bus to the Clovelly Visitor Centre.

Beardown Circular
Beardown Circular

Tuesday 15 May 2012

I left the car and walked along the road for twenty or thirty meters until reaching a wide green lane with a style. I had often driven past this lane but I have never walked up to it or along the path to the bridge that it leads to.

Clovelly to Westward Ho!
Clovelly to Westward Ho!

Saturday 12 May 2012

It had been a while since I had stopped at Westward Ho! and I was keen to tackle the next sections of the coast path as far as Bude but the remoteness of these sections and the lack of accommodation meant that I had to wait until the weather and public transport were both right.

Dart Valley Trail – Totnes to Dartmouth
Dart Valley Trail – Totnes to Dartmouth

Wednesday 28 March 2012

I am still trying to use up the last of my holiday entitlement so I thought I would walk somewhere different and a bit more local so after a quick search on the internet, I decided upon a 12-mile section of the Dart Valley Trail.

Petertavy Great Common
Petertavy Great Common

Friday 23 March 2012

Having parked at the car park above Whitchurch Common I walked up to Cox Tor to admire the views before crossing the saddle to Great Staple Tor. The weather was perfect for a walk on Dartmoor. The sun was shining but it was not too hot, and there was no wind or rain forecast for the day.

Dartmoor Clapper Bridges
Dartmoor Clapper Bridges

Thursday 15 December 2011

A Clapper Bridge is a simple stone bridge made by setting stone blocks at intervals across a river to act as supports for a series of stone slabs laid end to end across the top.

Dartmoor Beehive Huts
Dartmoor Beehive Huts

Sunday 11 December 2011

The Beehive Huts of Dartmoor were igloo-shaped buildings of corbelled drystone walling that resembled the old-fashioned styled beehives and were used as a store or shelter.

Porlock Weir to Lynmouth
Porlock Weir to Lynmouth

Sunday 06 March 2011

I walked this section with two friends and this meant that we had the luxury of having two cars. So meeting at Lynmouth we left a car there and drove to Porlock Weir in the other.

Minehead to Porlock Weir
Minehead to Porlock Weir

Saturday 26 February 2011

I was keen to crack on with the northern part of the South West Coast Path and had decided that I would start at the beginning, in Minehead.

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