Dartmoor Guides

02/02/2025

Cool grey day but plenty of interest on this walk. P6 Cist, O7 Stanlake Settlement (an important settlement with around 38 hut circles) a double Stone row with one part being incorporated into a newtake boundary wall of Stanlake Farm, Butler vol3 The South West, Black Tor, O6 Ingra Tor, P4 Walkhampton church.

22/01/2025

Stunning skies tonight

06/01/2025

Lovely being out in the snow on Walkhampton Common this evening ❄️🌨️❄️

30/09/2024

Walkhampton Church a salutary tale!

14/05/2024

Nice little trek and wild camp on Saturday night, no Aurora to be seen but a beautiful evening and amazing sunset. Very peaceful and apart from seeing a few folk when passing Nuns Cross farm on the way over to the Erme valley area didn't see a single soul!

18/03/2024

Wet day on Friday out training gold DofE groups. Bonus was going through Grimspound settlement though😄

03/03/2024

Hingston Hill Stone row and cairn circle taken last Saturday before our beautiful full moon walk here. Thought to date from the Bronze Age this one of the jewels in Dartmoor's crown. Much of it's appearance however is due to Burnard and associates who re-erected many of the stones in 1894, the majority were lying flat 'thrown down' by 'men....recently engaged on the row with crowbars' around 1880 according to Baring-Gould. It probably looks much as it did in Bronze Age times (Butler, J. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities the South West, 1994)

25/02/2024

Meldon on Friday before our full moon walk

24/02/2024

Yes tor on last night's walk. Still spaces available on tonight's full moon walk Down Tor and Hingston Hill Stone Circle Full Moon Walk with Dartmoor Guides Tickets ⬇️
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13/02/2024

🎫Only a few spaces left on this walk Saturday 24th Feb from Norsworthy Bridge🎟️

Join our enchanting nocturnal adventure, as we explore Down Tor and Hingston Hill Stone Circle under the captivating light of the full moon.

13/02/2024

🎟️Just two spaces left on this walk Fri 23rd Feb from Meldon Reservoir car park🎫

Join us for this full moon walk to Yes Tor one of the highest points in Dartmoor

13/02/2024

Interesting light and skies at the weekend, Walkhampton common

11/02/2024

Lovely skies on Walkhampton Common this afternoon, always something interesting to see here including a family of four buzzards wheeling about

Check out our forthcoming events ⬇️⬇️
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10/02/2024

Stone row, cairn circle and Cist, Bellever

09/02/2024

Big thanks to everyone who came on the walk tonight who showed faith in our decision and in the Met Office forecast. The weather cleared up right on cue and we were treated to an amazing starry sky. We really enjoyed everyone's company and hope to see you all again.

09/02/2024

Tonight's walk is going ahead, there is only one place still available 🎟️

Join us for a dark skies walk up to Bellever Tor with stargazing along the way.

28/01/2024

The feather and tare method of splitting rock is thought to have been in use since around 1800. Walkhampton common is littered with abandoned pieces of granite some of which have obviously failed during production using this method. We can only imagine how frustrating that would have been to the stonemason up there in the cold and wind of the moor!

26/01/2024

Meet Peran, the Dartmoor Guides dog, perched on a quarried block on Walkhampton common our home turf!