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Saturday, May 22, 2021

Dartmoor Way Circular Walk 3 - Neadon to Water via Manaton, Sharpitor, and Hunter’s Tor (10.3 miles)

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My kids are never going to forgive me for this one.   Buoyed up by our previous two successes, and getting a bit slapdash in my estimation o...

Dartmoor Way Circular Walk 2 - North Bovey to Neadon (4 miles)

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If you enjoy Geocaching, this triangular walk is definitely for you. There are at least ten caches on the route itself, and you could easily...

Dartmoor Way Circular Walk 1 - Moretonhampstead to North Bovey (5 miles)

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Our randomly-picked start point on the Dartmoor Way was Moretonhampstead. This had the advantage of a decent car park with public loos, and ...
Sunday, May 16, 2021

Well, That Escalated Quickly

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A few weeks ago, I was looking for a new walk to do with the boys. As I rummaged through a box full of walk books (which needed unpacking an...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

Two Weeks and Counting

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We are two weeks into our new curriculum work and I can honestly say that this is one of the best decisions I have ever made for our home ed...
Saturday, August 01, 2020

We need to talk...

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We need to talk about the c-word.  No, not that one.  I’m talking about the c-word that regularly has UK home edders on Facebook foaming at ...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Operation Greenhouse

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This is my greenhouse as it looked earlier in the week. I inherited it with the allotment, and this photo does not quite do it justice. The...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Good Riddance to a Rubbish Day

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I really struggled today. Sleep-deprivation didn’t help - I am long past the point where seeing 3am is a good idea, but I had a work deadli...
Monday, May 11, 2020

A Funny Sort of Birthday

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"It doesn’t feel much like a birthday" Daniel said sadly on the day he turned 8 a couple of weeks ago. He was right, and it broke...