CONTENTS
Map key
Overview map
Route summary table
Trek planner
Introduction
History of the route
Geology and landscape
Wildlife
When to go
Planning the walk
Accommodation
Public transport
Maps
Getting there and getting away
What to take
Food and drink
Health and safety
Mobile phones and emergencies
Waymarking and access
Using this guide
The Two Moors Way – Devon’s Coast to Coast
Stage 1 Wembury to Yealmpton
Stage 2 Yealmpton to Ivybridge
Stage 3 Ivybridge to Holne
Stage 3A Ivybridge to Holne (low-level route)
Stage 4 Holne to Dunstone Down
Stage 5 Dunstone Down to Chagford Bridge
Stage 5A Dunstone Down to Chagford Bridge (low-level route)
Stage 6 Chagford Bridge to Morchard Road
Stage 7 Morchard Road to Witheridge
Stage 8 Witheridge to Knowstone
Stage 9 Knowstone to Tarr Steps
Stage 10 Tarr Steps to Simonsbath
Stage 11 Simonsbath to Lynmouth
Appendix A Useful contacts
Appendix B Selected accommodation
Appendix C Stamp stations
Appendix D Further reading
If you are planning to do all or just part of the walk, this is the best book to get.
This is a pocket guide to walking the Two Moors Way and is described in eleven stages. The Two Moors Way was launched in 1976 and I walked the route with a group of friends a few years later. Very few people did the walk back then but now it has become a lot busier. In 2005 the route was extended to Wembury in south Devon making it a true coast to coast route. New low-level routes have been added in case of bad weather, thus taking away the wild parts of Dartmoor, which is perhaps not what those who originated and inspired the route, Sylvia Sayer and Joe Turner, would have wanted.
Some walkers seem to get lost around Crossways, near Redlake; I have come across walkers lost here on a number of occasions even though there are granite way markers to point them in the right direction.
There are colour photographs throughout, good descriptions of the route {from south to north only) and some history of the places passed. There is a list of some accommodation along the way and phone numbers of useful places like tea rooms. Details of how to plan the expedition are also included. There are small sections of OS mapping of the route in the guide book but what is really great is it comes with a pocket map book of the route using OS mapping. You do not need to carry the maps while doing this 117 mile (188km) walk.
The guide book and map book are both in plastic covers which makes them useable in
the field. If you are planning to do all or just part of the walk, this is the best book to get.
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