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Out and About with Tavistock Ramblers An easy 3½ or 4½-mile walk up the valley of the West Dart towards Wistman’s Wood with John Noblet of Tavistock Ramblers. This remote ancient oak woodland is a legendary spot, and some say it is the haunt of pixies. The walk then visits Crockern Tor where the Stannary Parliament, the government of the Dartmoor tinners, used to meet centuries ago. The walk is partly on a good track but partly on open moorland on minor paths, which are rocky in places. Park in a small car parking area opposite the Two Bridges Hotel (SX609750).
1. Walk away from the road through the gate and up the broad track. At the end of the track pass to the right of the house on a path alongside a stone wall. 2. Pass a footpath finger-post and, ignoring a minor path, bear left after 75m where the track divides. Head for a gateway in the wall ahead. The humps on the ground to the left are ‘pillow mounds’, artificial burrows for rabbits farmed here in the 19th century. Wistman’s Wood and Longaford Tor are visible ahead. Go through the gateway and bear left on a path, grassy at first but then rather rocky. Follow this
towards Wistman’s Wood to reach a stile. For the longer option to visit this remarkable wood where the trees are probably over 300 years old, cross the stile and continue on the path. Be warned, however, that after the first trees the path becomes rougher and is not for the faint-hearted. Return to the stile. 3. To continue the walk without visiting the wood, do not cross the stile but turn right up the slope alongside the wall. After about 100m go left through a gate.
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