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Breakfast cycling Dartmoor and lots of hills

Well Hivers this is a bit of a mish mash of a post but it comes about with my Sunday lunch sort of local pub starting of a Friday breakfast club. The Welcome Stranger

Devon Delights: The Legends of Dartmoor & Drewe

Source We recently took an outing to a great pub in Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. So what's the story? A bit of background on all this… There was a

Drake's Leat, Plymouth.

The picture above is a small portion of what remains of Drake's Leat. This was a manufactured watercourse which brought water from Dartmoor down to the growing city

First time up on the moor for a long time

Just off the B3357 Princetown road to Tavistock road there is the small carpark free and track up to Yellowmeade Farm and Foggintor quarry. Follow the path to Yellowmead

Foggintor quarry Dartmoor

One of the few nice easy fairly flat walks up on Dartmoor is just a short drive from Princetown on the B3357 and pull in at the Yellowmead farm track car park. The

Two Days on Dartmoor

Landscape Dartmoor has such a unique landscape. The wildness, the heritage, and the ruggedness are what, for me, gives it such appeal. The ancient megalithic structures,

Unexpected Eggs and Toast in Plymouth, UK !

Travelling the UK on a Shoestring I am a Brit and I absolutely love travelling around my country of birth. Up until now, all of my travel blogs on the Hive have

Buckfastleigh, Southwest Devon, England

Up in the lanes for an early stroll, catching the sun rising above the town and golden light across the hills. Buckfastleigh is built in some places on top and along

BTS ... "Behind The Scenes" .. Crypto, Wild Swimming, and More

Refer to this previous posting where I wax lyrical about the joys of a £600 Volvo estate. In this post we're taking a look at everything else that was happening

A Walk on Dartmoor, Devon England - Sharp Tor

Something slightly different from cars and Southeast Asia today. As mentioned in a previous post, there is a third category of content that was all created whilst

Mini photo safari on Dartmoor

We had a few nice days last week so I decided it was a good time to take a few new camera bits out for a walk. First up was my Manfrotto Travel backpack. It's a

The Grey Wethers

Like many of the prehistoric monuments on Dartmoor, there is a story behind the twin stone circle that make up the Grey Wethers unlike many that are a bit ghostly

Prehistoric Dartmoor around Fernworthy Reservoir

Fernworthy is a great place to discover some of the prehistoric relics on Dartmoor. Located a short drive from the small Dartmoor town of Chagford it is easily

Buckland Beacon 10 commandments rock Dartmoor

Of the hundreds of tors on Dartmoor 886 to be exact. Buckland Beacon is one of the more bizarre. Said to have been used as a fire beacon to warn of the Spanish Armarda

Bere Ferrers & Cox Tor

Bere Ferrers, also know as Beerferris, is a village on the Bere peninsula in Devon, England. It's a remote and peaceful location on the west bank of the River Tavy,

The moorlands of Dartmoor

We left our accommodation in Tavistock, a 600 year old converted priory called, The Priory B&B, early in the morning for the 45 kilometre journey which skirted

Climbing up the Mel Tor in Dartmoor + My Actifit Report Card: October 25 2019 - .

This day last week I climbed up the Mel Tor in Dartmoor National Park. It afforded beautiful views across the rolling valleys and dales. 20413 Hiking, Walking Height

My Actifit Report Card: October 21 2019

View from a Tor in Dartmoor national park. 7012 Hiking, Walking Height 176 cm Weight 88.1 kg Body Fat % Waist cm Thighs cm Chest cm

My Actifit Report Card: October 16 2019

Somewhere over a rainbow in Dartmoor national park. 10913 Walking Height 176 cm Weight 88.1 kg Body Fat % Waist cm Thighs cm Chest cm

Wistmans Wood Dartmoor