Last Tuesday (22/02/22) a few of us reconnoitred a possible Level One route, on Harrowbeer Airfield for this years Dartmoor Walking Festival. Although the airfield is part of Yelverton, it was named Harrowbeer, to avoid confusion with Yeovilton air base in Somerset. After several minutes searching in the rain, we found the mortar tube, which …
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A few photos from recent rambles
This is a selection of photos from rambles I have done this year. Normal service will start now Gill is feeling a lot better. WAGs did our first public ramble of 2022, on the Wray Trail on 25th January 2022. There are four photographs from this ramble, we spent about an hour having a guided …
Dartmoor Walking Festival 2024
DARTMOOR WALKING FESTIVAL ACCESSIBLE WALKS 2024 Details of the 2024 Dartmoor Walking Festival will be updated In January 2024. The Wags are organising 4 walks in April, on Dartmoor with the Disabled Ramblers. Full Details can be seen on the Disabled Ramblers website, at www.disabledramblers.co.uk For further information about Dartmoor Walking Festival, contact: accessiblewalks@outlook.com or …
Haytor Quarry Photoshoot 26/10/21
Today 5 WAGs group members on mobility scooters, accompanied by 3 walkers. Also 3 members of staff from Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA), joined us for a photoshoot at Haytor Quarry and Smallacombe Rocks. It was a damp drizzly day most of the time, but the sun shone for a short time. Most of the …
The Dell at Saltram House
Location : Plymouth Starting Point : National Trust Saltram House OS Grid Reference : SX520555 Distance : 3 miles Route Surface : Asphalt, Fine gravel / sand, Compacted stone / earth Category : Level 2 A mobility scooter is available for hire at this site through the Countryside Mobility Scheme. This route is only 3 …
Plym Estuary at Saltram House
This is an easy Level One walk, in the grounds of the National Trusts Saltram House. Location : Plymouth Starting Point : National Trust Saltram House OS Grid Reference : SX520555 Distance : 2 Miles Route Surface : Asphalt and Fine gravel / sand Category : Level 1 A mobility scooter is available for hire …
Saltram House 13/10/21
Today we met up with the Plymouth Polio Group, for lunch at Endsleigh Garden Centre at Ivybridge. As it was a lovely day so Gill and I made our way to Saltram House after lunch. We have mapped out two more short walks, to be added to my Accessible Walks page on the website. With …
Yarner Woods 12/10/21
Today we did a Wags reconnoitre in Yarner Woods, for a possible Miles Without Stiles route for the DNPA. We were accompanied by Chris from the National Nature Reserve, and Tim from Dartmoor National Park. There were 4 of us on Scooters, with 5 walkers for todays reconnoitre. Although we were looking at level 3 …
Meeth Quarries
This is a short Level 3 route, which can be lengthened up to between 4 to 5 miles. This is also the starting point of the Tarka Trail, which is a traffic free cycle path to Braunton via Bideford and Barnstable. Location : Meeth Starting Point : Devon Wildlife Trust car park OS Grid Reference …
Meeth Quarries 5/10/21
Today the WAGs group had a meeting, to start planning for the 2022 Dartmoor Walking Festival. We had our meeting in the Hatherleigh Village Hall, where we stayed to have our lunch. After lunch we drove to the Devon Wildlife Trust site, at Meeth Quarries. Some of the tracks were quite rough, so this aggravated …