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Cycling the Brecon Beacons Day One

29th October 2022 / rblaggers / Leave a comment

The central beacons A crack of light made its way through the black-out curtains, just enough to make me open a bleary eye. I blinked. I picked up my phone - 8.03. Time to stir. A peer out through the dawn light revealed a grey sky behind Dinas Castle, and behind the dark peaks of … Continue reading Cycling the Brecon Beacons Day One

Fingle Bridge and Cranbrook Castle

27th October 20201st November 2020 / rblaggers / 4 Comments

After yesterday's ridge top views of autumnal Dartmoor valleys, I wanted to spend more time in the woods. We're at the tail end of the vibrant spectacle of autumn now, and it won't be long before the reds, yellows and everything in between are gone for another year. So with my wife at work, I … Continue reading Fingle Bridge and Cranbrook Castle

Wistman’s Wood

1st July 202030th June 2020 / rblaggers / 2 Comments

Photos from Wistmans Wood, 24th October 2019 “Fairy-like, self-involved, rich in secrets … such inturned peace, such profound harmlessness, otherness, such unusing … all words miss, I know I cannot describe it.”John Fowles, 'The Tree'. This section is quoted from the final chapter, which was written about Wistmans Wood. Wistmans Wood seen from lower down … Continue reading Wistman’s Wood

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Categories

  • Brewing
  • Camping
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  • Cycling
  • Family Walks
  • flora
  • Gallery
  • Longer Walks
  • Miscellanea
  • music
  • Pubs
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Tags

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



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