Route master

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“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