Do we have a nice route? N-S across Dartmoor?

[Bearbonesnorm]

Anyone have anything before I start looking at maps?

[Taylor]

When you planning on heading down there?

[Bearbonesnorm]

When you planning on heading down there?

Won't be until Spring ... just thought I'd occupy myself constructively while it's lashing it down - again.

[dlovett]

Not ridden it personally but it looks pretty good. I have another one somewhere which is much more Dartmoor, depends if you like to follow the rules or not if you know what I mean.

[dlovett]

the attachment didn't work, pm me your meal address and I'll send it.

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[Bearbonesnorm]

Duncan, just point your mouse towards my details over there > and the option to email will appear.

Thanks very much.

[dlovett]

Already sent it when I realises it was you!

[Bearbonesnorm]

Ta very much

[Nevis]

I'd be interested in that, do you have a link?

[rufus748]

Stu, just emailed you a link. Hopefully it works!
West Country MTB way. Plymouth to Minehead, Dartmoor and across Exmoor. There is an extra part that covers the Quantocks to Taunton but I don't have that.

[Bearbonesnorm]

Ta, I'll take a look.

[dlovett]

I'd be interested in that, do you have a link?

PM me your email address and I'll send it over.

[dlovett]

I've also got the Minehead to Taunton section which link onto the coast to coast bit, so you can go Plymouth and Taunton Stations at either end.

If you guys want that, PM me email addresses.

[darbeze]

Interesting idea. I have been wanting to do a N-S traverse for ages. Starting at Okehampton the going is great until you run out of military tracks. Then there is a sizeable gap until Fernworthy resovoir that is mostly a tussock filled squelchy nonsense...

Sounds great!

I believe Aiden Harding's EWE route includes a crossing of Dartmoor that may yield some useful information.

We have many well thumbed OL28 maps in our house...

Si

[Nevis]

Just worked out how to import Duncan''s route into viewranger on my phone. So have had a chance to take a look.

I've done that almost exact same route from south zeal to Postbridge. In fact I've just found the gpx too.

Si is right there is a lot of clod hopping from hangingstone hill. My route basically came off hangingstone and took a left to teighhead farm before heading south again and popping out at Postbridge.

It's slow going in parts but still a good route.

You could start at oakhampton and head to haningstone. If you could find a way to get from Postbridge to red lake then you've got the puffing billy track all the way into Ivybridge. That would give you an almost exact n to s crossing from Oakhampton to ivybridge, although not in a straight line!

If you wanted a circular route you can just turn right when you hit the sustrans c2c and that will take you round the western side of the moor and back to the start. I know it's an ncn route so not challenging in the slightest but it really is a great trail.

I've got most of the bits I've described in various gpxs. I've try and pull them together into something a little more coherent than my ramblings!

[DanLear]

Here's the GPX of my Westcountry Way route from 2014 - http://www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?l ... anEdit.gpx

[Mariner]

Just out of curiosity to see what would happen I created a route from the car park at Belston SX 619 937 to the end of the Two Moors way at Ivybridge SX 648 565 as a straight line.
Then if you transpose onto OS 1:25 or National Park Footpath the line runs not too far from paths and footpaths with a bit of HAB and river crossing sort of in the spirit of BB.
I might give this a go if it ever stops raining.
Doesn't come under the heading of 'nice' though.