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Название: Walking on Dartmoor

Автор: Earle John

Издательство: Ingram

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      WALKING ON DARTMOOR

      by

      John Earle

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      2 POLICE SQUARE MILNTHORPE CUMBRIA LA7 7PY

      www.cicerone.co.uk

      About the Author

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      John Earle is an experienced mountaineer, TV film maker and trek-leader. He runs a successful outdoor education centre on Dartmoor and is well known for his films about Cornwall and Dartmoor.

      © John Earle 1987, 2002

      Second edition 2002

      ISBN-10: 1 85284 360 8

      ISBN-13: 978 1 85284 360 1

      Reprinted 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2015 (with updates)

      First edition 1987

      ISBN: 0 902363 84 7

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      Image This product includes mapping data licensed from Ordnance Survey® with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. © Crown copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Licence number PU100012932

      Updates to this Guide

      Readers are advised that, while every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Please check the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk) for any updates before planning your trip. It is also advisable to check information on such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.

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      CONTENTS

       Overview Map

       Introduction

       Geology and formation of Dartmoor

       Vegetation

       Fauna

       Man on Dartmoor

       Legends of Dartmoor

       Dartmoor today

       Where to stay

       Dartmoor weather

       Clothing

       Equipment

       Maps and compasses

       Dartmoor letterboxes

       Climbing on Dartmoor

       Walking on Dartmoor

       Using the Guide

       South Moor

       1. Bel Tor Corner, Dr Blackall's Drive, new Bridge, Spitchwick, Leusdon

       2. Sharp Tor, Rowbrook Farm, Double Dart Gorge, Dartmeet, Dartmeet Hill, The Coffin Stone

       3. Michelcombe, Sandy Way, Holne Ridge, Hapstead Ford, Chalk Ford, Scorriton (or back to Michelcombe)

       4. Scorriton, Chalk Ford, Hapstead Ford, Ryder's Hill, Snowdon, Pupers Hill, Lud Gate, Chalk Ford

       5. Cross Furzes, Water Oak Corner, Huntingdon Cross, Huntingdon Warren, Lud Gate (Part of the Abbot's Way)

       6. Shipley Bridge, Avon Dam, Eastern White Barrow, Western White Barrow, Crossways, Red Lake China Clay Works, Broad Falls, Huntingdon Warren House, Gripper's Hill, Dockwell Ridge, Shipley Tor

       7. Shipley Bridge, Zeal, Ball Gate, Glasscombe Corner, Three Barrows, Two Moors Way via Redlake Mineral Railway Track (or Quickbeam Hill), Western White Barrow, Petre's Pits, Bala Brook

       8. New Waste, Erme Valley, Piles Copse, Downing's House, The Dancers, Erme Plains, Erme Head, Langcombe Hill, Yealm Head, Yealm Steps, Stalldown Barrow, Hillson's House

       9. Cadover Bridge, Trowlesworthy Warren House, Trowlesworthy Tors, Hen Tor, Shavercombe Head, Shell Top, Pen Beacon

       10. Cadover Bridge, Trowlesworthy Warren House, Valley of the River Plym, Ditsworthy Warren House, Giants Basin, Plym Steps, Plym Ford, Eylesbarrow Mine, Scout Hut, Gutter Tor Legis Tor

       11. Gutter Tor, Legis Tor, Meavy Pool, Ditsworthy Warren House

       12. Ditsworthy Warren House, Giants Basin, (Plym Steps, Plym Ford), Eylesbarrow Mine, Scout Hut

       13. Shaugh Bridge, West Down, North Wood, Dunstone, Cadover Bridge, Wigford Down, СКАЧАТЬ