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Constantine Bay and Trevose Head

24th November 202524th November 2025 / rblaggers / Leave a comment

As someone who lives just 30 miles or so from the Tamar, you'd be amazed at how infrequently I visit Cornwall. We go to Dorset multiple times a year, but a trip out west is as rare as hen's teeth. Aside from a cricket tour, a bike ride and the obligatory geology field trip or … Continue reading Constantine Bay and Trevose Head

A Lovely Bunch of Trekkers

23rd September 202523rd September 2025 / rblaggers / Leave a comment

Machu Picchu seen from the Sun Gate at dawn, September 2000 Last weekend, I went away to Hay-on-Wye with a small but wonderful group of people. People who, I have realised over the last couple of weeks, are very special to me. Back in September 2000, I was part of a group of about 40 … Continue reading A Lovely Bunch of Trekkers

The Lych Way

21st November 202122nd November 2021 / rblaggers / 1 Comment

Yesterday, I finally completed a walk that I've been meaning to do for several years, but just never got round to - Dartmoor's very own 'Way of the Dead'. The Lych Way is an ancient corpse road which was used to bring the dead of Dartmoor's central basin to Lydford church for burial. Lydford itself … Continue reading The Lych Way

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Categories

  • Brewing
  • Camping
  • Cool Stuff
  • Cricket
  • Cycling
  • Family Walks
  • flora
  • Gallery
  • Longer Walks
  • Miscellanea
  • music
  • Pubs
  • Rest of England

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adventure archaeology autumn Avon Dam beer Bellever bike biking Bonehill Rocks Brecon Beacons Bretagne Brittany Camping cartography climbing Cox Tor cycle-touring Cycling Dartmeet Dartmoor drizzle East Dart family Family Walks flora folklore forest France friends friendship geology Haytor hillforts hills history Hound Tor Ivybridge kit landscapes maps mental health mining music Okehampton photography Postbridge Poundsgate Princetown Pubs rainbows reservoirs Rippon Tor rivers river Swincombe river Teign scratch map Sharp Tor Sourton South Brent south Dartmoor spring stone circles sunset tormentil travel Two Moors Way walking Warren House Inn waterfall Widecombe wind winter Wistmans Wood woodland Yar Tor



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