Dartmoor National Park

As we headed away from St Germans with a promise to return again if we are back in the UK we headed up towards Dartmoor National Park. Nigel had helps choose a route that would take us all the way across it, and in the process giving us magnificent views out over Cornwall. Before getting to the Park area we drove through Tavistock and decided to take a break and perhaps find some food for our evening meal and breakfast the next morning. So you can imagine our delight at finding a farmers market selling lots of local produce. We got some fresh vegs, eggs, meat, bread and cider. Plenty for a good camping meal. The Official website of Tavistock Farmers' Market

 

The moors were certainly well worth the effort of driving across. We stopped at a spot with excellent views and climbed up to a high point (Mt Caxton I think). We could see as far as Plymouth and the Tamar toll bridge at Saltash.

We continued on our way, through Princetown where there is a prison and on to find Castle Drogo, another National Trust property. This is a castle built in the early 20th century by a businessman who unfortunately only lived a few short years after it was finally completed, as building had been interrupted by WW1. Castle Drogo - Visitor information - National Trust

A campsite was our next destination and there seemed to be several in the area. We found one at Tedburn St Mary. We had a lovely meal using our farmer's market food, cooked on our little burners before retiring for the night. We woke in the early hours of the morning to rain, the first during our whole week away. It was intermittent and still managed to pack up in the dry and head off on our trip back to Duston.

 

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