Route master
“Maps encourage boldness. They’re like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.” Mark Jenkins
25 Jan – Days to go on 100 days dry: 75. Days until the Dartmoor Way: 108
We have set the stages for the walk itself. Initially it was to be over 5 days, but one of the guys isn’t available until the Monday morning, so we are splitting it over 6. 2 half days, (Monday and Saturday) and 4 full days. (Tuesday to Friday).
The whole route, (using OS Maps) can be found here, I think I mentioned in a previous post that the official start and finish is Ivybridge. We are setting off from Okehampton, it’s the furthest point north and it just made sense.
The itinerary
| Date | Start | Finish (Overnight in bold) | Miles | km | Daily miles | Daily km | |||
| 16/5/22 | Mon | PM | Okehampton | Lydford | 9.75 | 15.00 | 9.75 | 15.00 | Route |
| 17/5/22 | Tue | AM | Lydford | Tavistock | 12.75 | 20.50 | Route | ||
| PM | Tavistock | Shaugh Bridge | 11.75 | 18.50 | 24.50 | 39.00 | Route | ||
| 18/5/22 | Wed | AM | Shaugh Bridge | Ivybridge | 12.00 | 19.25 | Route | ||
| PM | Ivybridge | Shipley Bridge | 10.00 | 16.00 | 22.00 | 35.25 | Route | ||
| 19/5/22 | Thu | AM | Shipley Bridge | Ashburton | 10.50 | 16.75 | Route | ||
| PM | Asbburton | Bovey Tracey | 12.25 | 19.75 | 22.75 | 36.50 | Route | ||
| 20/5/22 | Fri | AM | Bovey Tracy | M’hamstead | 10.50 | 17.00 | Route | ||
| PM | M’hamstead | Chagford | 8.00 | 12.75 | 18.50 | 29.75 | Route | ||
| 21/5/22 | Sat | AM | Chagford | Okehampton | 12.25 | 19.50 | 12.25 | 12.25 | Route |
I will of course be blogging from the road. You never know, I might even upload a couple of videos.
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” Alan Turing
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