Dartmoor and around

Unfortunately, this was a wet holiday, although we had a reasonable day or two, the weather was mainly dull and damp. 

Our accommodation was in a small village called Cudlipptown, just above Peter Tavey and not many miles from Tavistock. We stayed in a converted barn on a rare breeds farm in the `back of beyond` called Broadmoor Farm.

Access to the farm was up a very narrow track of at least three quarters of a mile from the main road, which itself was mostly single track!

From near the top, the view was magnificent - when not raining, albeit a bit misty.

However, we did have some time on the moor and had a few images to record it!

The nearest access to the moor was from just above Tavistock and so we drove onto the moor and stopped at one of the first parking spots to take in the view of Coxtor. The sky did help the view although it was still threatening to rain.

Another similar view of Coxtor with a few locals in the picture.

Just along the road was the village of Merrivale which looked really dramatic in its surroundings, I thought.

Then onto the wonderful clapper bridge at Postbridge, thought to be one of the finest in the country. It is believed to date back to medieval times and would probably have replaced stepping stones to help packhorses cross the river. The bridge has two central piers spanned by three large granite slabs, or clappers.

The main road today crosses the river on this bridge.

Wending our way back on our short excursion, we passed Dartmoor, the village, complete with high security prison. What a dreary looking place.

Just before we returned to the main road we stopped at Vixen Tor.  A little walk and some pictures and we returned - still dry!

One last place we managed to see was on the day we were starting to travel home - and that was Lydford Gorge. We were reasonable lucky with the weather and did just a portion of the walk which can be done all round the gorge. It was spectacular I must say.

Here we are at the flattest part of our walk and before we started to climb the steps to view some of the more spectacular views.

Once we managed to get over our nervousness, the views were spectacular. Well worth a visit if you are in the area.

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