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Much of central Dartmoor is an uninhabited wilderness almost free of villages, farms, trees and roads making it outstanding environmental value. From this mass rise Dartmoor's rivers, including the Lyd, Tavy, East and West Dart, Bovey, Teign, Taw and Okement, nearly all of which flow southwards to the English Channel. The large numbers of tors that dominate Dartmoor are the remnants of hard masses of granite, drastically reduced in size and moulded into their present shapes by millions of years of weatherings. Bowerman's Nose, Hound Tor and Haytor Rocks are famous examples included on these walks.
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
I have explored Dartmoor using this book, and although the walks suggested are great there are a couple of issues that OS should take note of:
When saying 'turn left at the gate near the brook' you actually mean ' turn right at the gate or you will walk into a live firing zone after 15-20 minutes and this is really dangerous.' I think it is a subtle, but important thing to get right! I encountered this many times in the book on many walks and now I use the book as a guide and use a map instead because the directions are very often plain wrong!
Also, a couple of the walks are described as: 'suitable for small children and dogs'. Me and 3 of my mates (All in their twenties, two of which are very fit, and I was in training for a 10k!!) did one of these walks and I can tell you that after 5 hours over HARD country we were exhausted!
When saying 'turn left at the gate near the brook' you actually mean ' turn right at the gate or you will walk into a live firing zone after 15-20 minutes and this is really dangerous.' I think it is a subtle, but important thing to get right! I encountered this many times in the book on many walks and now I use the book as a guide and use a map instead because the directions are very often plain wrong!
Also, a couple of the walks are described as: 'suitable for small children and dogs'. Me and 3 of my mates (All in their twenties, two of which are very fit, and I was in training for a 10k!!) did one of these walks and I can tell you that after 5 hours over HARD country we were exhausted!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Have spent most of the summer and autumn exploring dartmoor with my dog and have to say this book has been an excellent companion. It has walks for all levels of fitness - I like the longer tougher walks and there are plenty of these contained within (several of 8 miles plus). I found the directions very good and didn't get lost once. Definitly recommended
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I can't believe other reviewers found this book so bad. My father had a static caravan on Dartmoor, so I've spent a lot of time on the moor and found this book indispensable. I now live in a little village just off the moor and I still use the walks. I even proposed to my fiancée on walk 22. The walk along the leat was really lovely.
How somebody can slag this book off so badly beats me. Alright, occasionally some of the directions are a bit vague, but I've never been lost, just a little confused. Besides, the maps in the book are taken directly from the Explorer OL28 OS map for Dartmoor, so if you can read a map you should be fine. I've never needed to use my map, or a compass, although I do take them on the high moor walks just in case. I've been around all but a few of the walks in this book and I'll do the rest when the opportunity arises. I can safely say I've enjoyed all but one of them, that being walk 21. The fort at the end of it was overgrown, the walk itself wasn't up to the usual high standard and I was having a grumpy day.
If you can find a better set of walks for Dartmoor I'll eat my hat. This book has taken me to some of the most beautiful places on the moor. There's a walk for everyone, with 3 difficulty levels, depending on how much time you have or how fit you feel. I generally get around them a bit quicker than is quoted in the book, but then normally I don't want to. Well done OS, without you walking could never be such a pleasure.
How somebody can slag this book off so badly beats me. Alright, occasionally some of the directions are a bit vague, but I've never been lost, just a little confused. Besides, the maps in the book are taken directly from the Explorer OL28 OS map for Dartmoor, so if you can read a map you should be fine. I've never needed to use my map, or a compass, although I do take them on the high moor walks just in case. I've been around all but a few of the walks in this book and I'll do the rest when the opportunity arises. I can safely say I've enjoyed all but one of them, that being walk 21. The fort at the end of it was overgrown, the walk itself wasn't up to the usual high standard and I was having a grumpy day.
If you can find a better set of walks for Dartmoor I'll eat my hat. This book has taken me to some of the most beautiful places on the moor. There's a walk for everyone, with 3 difficulty levels, depending on how much time you have or how fit you feel. I generally get around them a bit quicker than is quoted in the book, but then normally I don't want to. Well done OS, without you walking could never be such a pleasure.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
OK - but nothing special
Bought this book for a recent trip to Devon and was slightly disappointed by the number of walks that involve walking over farm fields. Read more
Published 21 months ago by kyle23
Bring a compass and large scale OS map!
Mr Brooks, who has written this guide, provides some great inspiration for walks across Dartmoor and some of the walks are well described but I have a few problems with... Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2002 by MrShev
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