Excellent video as usual, your dedication is inspiring. I usually get to the boggy bits of the moor and bottle it! Too much Hound of the Baskervilles playing in my mind I think.
Great video Graeme. As well as finding some excellent prehistory, you showed a proper Dartmoor trek. No cuts to sunny shots and sweeping vistas but an honest, wet necked, soggy booted, missed direction walk. As you say, this is Dartmoor and I am happy to say I've experienced the same in the past. A classic walk where the map says four miles to go but you must allow for the extra miles 'stood on end' as we used to say. My old hiking partners young son used to call them "Uppy, downy, side-to-sidey miles". Well done, matey.
Another great video and always a feature of interest captured😊!Well done Graeme for persevering around the streams and bogs, and thank you for sharing this adventure 👍🏻
Wow! I am glad I just found this channel it is just what I wanted and needed, walks on Dartmoor. I used to go there myself years ago and camp and walk. I have many books on the Moor and particualarly love the north part and the remote wilder parts. I shall now binge watch these videos.
@@dartmoor.adventurer I worked out it is an unbelievable 24 years since I last walked on the Moor, it does not seem that long when I watch your videos. I have only seen 3 so far but I intend to watch them all ASAP. I was wondering if people still go letterboxing on the Moor? Where I am in West Cornwall geochaching is quite a popular hobby but I remember going to Crow Tor and finding my first letterbox and then on to Cranmere Pool which I believe is the most remote one.
@kernowarty wow that is a long time, are you planning to go again? Yes, I think people still go letterboxing and geo chaching up there, I often see boxes etc around. There was also one near Grims Grave. I haven't been to Cranmere for about 5 years, I think I might go back again soon 😁
@@dartmoor.adventurer I would love to spend a few days walking the north moor like I used to do. It seems the only time we go that way is when I am taking someone to Plymouth hospital. I always go back via Princetown and Tavistock but that is just skirting the moor. I shall have to make an effort next year to get back there. In the meantime I shall be watching your videos.
Enjoyed that, amazing the effort people put in to lugging those stones over that terrain. Also that ruin with the fireplace, i wonder how old that is and what it was like in its prime.
As usual a great vid mate. Been to grimms grave a :few times. Easier way to cross stream is bottom of lower hartor rather than plym steps and follow track around. No need to cross anymore boggy bits then. 👍
Thanks Richard, yes, I realised walking back how much easier it could have been. My misjudgment, when I checked the map, I headed for the Kistvaen right opposite Grim’s Grave, on the other side of the river. It wasn’t until I checked the map again, I realised I went to the wrong one. Then I spent ages trying to find it, thinking it was in amongst the long boggy grasses. I was chuffed to bits when I eventually found it, it really is a cracking burial.
Excellent video as usual, your dedication is inspiring. I usually get to the boggy bits of the moor and bottle it! Too much Hound of the Baskervilles playing in my mind I think.
Haha, yes, it was very boggy Mark, makes it for a fun hike 😂
Wow, really miss This places, Nice time, I was live there for 5 years
Your love of history and the land is great to see!
Thank you so much ☺️
Great video Graeme. As well as finding some excellent prehistory, you showed a proper Dartmoor trek. No cuts to sunny shots and sweeping vistas but an honest, wet necked, soggy booted, missed direction walk. As you say, this is Dartmoor and I am happy to say I've experienced the same in the past. A classic walk where the map says four miles to go but you must allow for the extra miles 'stood on end' as we used to say. My old hiking partners young son used to call them "Uppy, downy, side-to-sidey miles". Well done, matey.
Thank you very much Terry, yes, it's so good to explore the 'messy' bits of Dartmoor too 😁
Thats really interesting .. nice film
@glyn829 thank you very much 😊
Another great video and always a feature of interest captured😊!Well done Graeme for persevering around the streams and bogs, and thank you for sharing this adventure 👍🏻
Thanks Pete, another cracking adventure, got to love a bog or three to make it fun 😂
Wow! I am glad I just found this channel it is just what I wanted and needed, walks on Dartmoor. I used to go there myself years ago and camp and walk. I have many books on the Moor and particualarly love the north part and the remote wilder parts. I shall now binge watch these videos.
Awww thank you very much. I hope you enjoy watching as much as I enjoy creating the videos 😁😁😁
@@dartmoor.adventurer I worked out it is an unbelievable 24 years since I last walked on the Moor, it does not seem that long when I watch your videos. I have only seen 3 so far but I intend to watch them all ASAP. I was wondering if people still go letterboxing on the Moor? Where I am in West Cornwall geochaching is quite a popular hobby but I remember going to Crow Tor and finding my first letterbox and then on to Cranmere Pool which I believe is the most remote one.
@kernowarty wow that is a long time, are you planning to go again? Yes, I think people still go letterboxing and geo chaching up there, I often see boxes etc around. There was also one near Grims Grave. I haven't been to Cranmere for about 5 years, I think I might go back again soon 😁
@@dartmoor.adventurer I would love to spend a few days walking the north moor like I used to do. It seems the only time we go that way is when I am taking someone to Plymouth hospital. I always go back via Princetown and Tavistock but that is just skirting the moor. I shall have to make an effort next year to get back there. In the meantime I shall be watching your videos.
Great video, will have to see if i can find it awesome. Thanks
Thanks Pete, t’s worth the hike, beautiful spot 😁
Dartmoor is amazing for ancient sites
Yes, it really is amazing 😁
Superb footage. Love the song at the beginning. Thank you for taking us out with you.
Thank you very much Sue, I loved that song too 😁
Enjoyed that, amazing the effort people put in to lugging those stones over that terrain. Also that ruin with the fireplace, i wonder how old that is and what it was like in its prime.
Thank you Lee ☺️ I often sit and wonder what it must have been like to live in these old buildings and ruins etc. 🤔😁
4:05 I can still see blue sky
😂 yes, there was a little sunshine 😎😁
@ whenever I’m out hiking, whatever the weather, I always look for that little bit of blue sky….ever the optimist!!! 🤣
As usual a great vid mate. Been to grimms grave a :few times. Easier way to cross stream is bottom of lower hartor rather than plym steps and follow track around. No need to cross anymore boggy bits then. 👍
Thanks Richard, yes, I realised walking back how much easier it could have been. My misjudgment, when I checked the map, I headed for the Kistvaen right opposite Grim’s Grave, on the other side of the river. It wasn’t until I checked the map again, I realised I went to the wrong one. Then I spent ages trying to find it, thinking it was in amongst the long boggy grasses. I was chuffed to bits when I eventually found it, it really is a cracking burial.
Where on the moor is that ?
@@stevenbevis9290 hi Steven, the grid ref is SX 61237 66413
Fantastic. Where did you start and finish to and how was the Neo ?
Hi Steve, I started and finished at Princetown. I love the Neo, so easy and quick to use 😁