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 …
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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 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 …
Filming for Dartmoor National Park
On Monday 4th October a small group of WAGs members, met at Princetown for a filming session on the Nunns Cross path. The Dartmoor National Park are celebrating 70 years later this month. Therefore they are making a video to showcase all the different users of Dartmoor, from farmers and other workers on the moor. …
Days 7 & 8 of Dartmoor Walking Festival
The last 2 of the Festival walks, were both easy level 1’s, one on the Granite Way and the other on the Wray Trail. Day 7 We met at Sourton near the Pump and Pedal Cafe/Cycle shop. Today we went on the Granite Way the short distance to the Meldon Viaduct. On our return we …
Days 5 & 6 of Dartmoor Walking Festival
Day Five Today’s walk was from Fingle Bridge up to Wooston Hill Fort, we had 9 mobility scooters and 14 walkers. With so many fantastic vista’s on Dartmoor, it is very difficult to choose a favourite. I think the view from Wooston Hill Fort, would feature in my top ten. The route we take down …
Days 3 & 4 of Dartmoor Walking Festival
Day Three For day 3 we met at Challacombe Farm, for a very informative history lesson. If you know what to look for, there is evidence of human activity going back 5000 years. Today was a grey overcast day, so completely different to the 2 previous days. Today there were 7 mobility scooters and 10 …
Days 1 & 2 of Dartmoor Walking Festival
Day one Our first ramble of the 2021 walking festival was at Bellever. There were eight on mobility scooters, accompanied by six walkers, of which two were Moorland Guides. We started in the main car park in Bellever Forest, heading for Laughter Tor, where we stopped for lunch. After lunch we headed for Dunnabridge Pound, …
WAGs at Fingle Bridge 3/8/21
Today, Tuesday we met at Fingle Bridge, for a Dartmoor Walking Festival final reconnoitre.There were 7 of us on scooters, with 5 walkers to accompany us. We did the loop up to the Fort, in an anti-clock wise direction, as it is a more gradual accent. Which is a lot easier for both the scooters …
Nunns Cross and Merrivale 20/7/21
Today Tuesday, WAGs members met at Princetown, for the BBC to film a short news feature. Dartmoor National Park have started listing Accessible Walks, under the Miles without Styles banner. The morning session was on the Nunns Cross path out of Princetown, while the afternoon session was at Merrivale, parking at the Four Winds car …