Wandelgids Walking the Dartmoor way - Cicerone

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Walking the Dartmoor way - Cicerone

Productomschrijving: Een gloednieuwe wandelgids van Cicerone over het wandelen van de befaamde Dartmoor Way, een bewegwijzerde wandelroute van 175 km (109 mijl) langs de rand van het prachtige Dartmoor NP in Devon. De route bestaat uit 10 etappes (plus de High Moor Link die kan worden gebruikt om twee kortere lussen te maken) en voert langs beboste valleien, sprankelende beekjes, heide, landbouwgrond en aantrekkelijke steden en dorpen.

Engelse omschrijving: Guide to the Dartmoor Way, a waymarked 175km (109 mile) circular walking route around the edge of Devon's beautiful Dartmoor. Presented in 10 stages (plus the High Moor Link which can be used to create two shorter loops), the route takes in wooded valleys, sparkling streams, moorland, farmland and attractive towns and villages.

Seasons
Ideal in the 'shoulder' months: wild flowers, lambs and foals in spring; rusty bracken moorland, colourful oak woods and diverse fungi in autumn. Expect cooler and wetter weather in autumn and winter.
Centres
Ivybridge, South Brent, Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, Bovey Tracey, Manaton, Moretonhampstead, Chagford, South Zeal, Sticklepath, Belstone, Okehampton, Sourton, Lydford, Mary Tavy, Peter Tavy, Tavistock, Yelverton, Cornwood, Holne, Hexworthy, Princetown
Difficulty
Includes short but steep ascents and descents, but the route is well signed and split into easily manageable day walks. Alternative low-level routes listed for days when visibility is poor, and navigation may be a challenge.
Must See
Dartmoor National Park; Redlake Tramway; Buckfast Abbey; Haytor Rocks and the Haytor Granite Tramway, built in 1820; the Teign Gorge; Cranbrook Iron Age hillfort; Castle Drogo; Belstone Cleave and the Taw River; Okehampton castle; Meldon Viaduct and bluebell woodland; Dartmoor's highest point, High Willhays; Lydford Castle; The Dewerstone; Lee Moor china clay workings; Princetown's Napoleonic prison.

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