Shaptor Woods with the boys

Now we were back from our Lake District holiday, I was looking for a decent walk to take the boys out on. We, well I, decided on a trip to the Eastern side of Dartmoor and Shaptor Woods, for some tor bagging, woodland style. My eldest was in the middle of revising for and taking…

Great Rock, Shaptor Rock and Hennock

This is a walk which is my 7th on my 2nd round of Dartmoor 365 squares and picks up just I22 this time. It’s in an area that doesn’t get nearly enough pages on websites, I’ve said it before that if the tors, inside the square mile of Shaptor Woods, were out on Dartmoor proper,…

A walk to Trenchford reservoir and Shaptor Rock

This was my first walk after returning from the Lake District, to be honest I’m never in much of a mood for any walking once I come back from there, and normally I need to go somewhere different like Cornwall or a coastal walk to get me back into it. This walk is mainly woodland,…

Hennock and Shaptor Rock

This is an area I hadn’t been to for perhaps 5 years now, long before I started this website. I did part of this walk (in the opposite direction), heading up the lane from Five Lanes, then down towards the reservoirs before looping back through the woods and past Great Rock. I thoroughly enjoyed the…