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A STUNNING Valley Trail On The Edge of DARTMOOR | The Wray Valley Trail

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I DISCOVER the beauty of this valley hike on the edge of Dartmoor National Park... 👉🏻 Join me as I hike DEEP into DARTMOOR NATIONAL PARK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUOfybLTj6s&list=PLDYaA22gLktm67F8ipN84865vY9LSFV2f&index=22&t=3s Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - The Old Railway 03:38 - Stunning Valley Views 07:04 - Fallen Tree & Spider Attack 08:08 - The Woodland 09:28 - The Chasm 10:58 - Lustleigh & Hitting the Road 12:15 - Getting Lost 17:00 - Leaving the Road 18:57 - Bovey Tracey & The End VIDEOS TO WATCH NEXT: The Hike that CHANGED MY LIFE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRpRYVNj6WE&list=PLDYaA22gLktm67F8ipN84865vY9LSFV2f&index=7&t=379s The BEST BUDGET Hiking Shoes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i92ZpRT6o2w&list=PLDYaA22gLktnzbsgB_YJjQBMCXNu5oPFP&index=3 Climbing my FIRST MOUNTAIN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrVp8P8gpUA&list=PLDYaA22gLktndFm-FDSeDsxB_bLdsRsIz&index=2&t=2s —————————————————————— How to survive camping in extreme weather - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuiHYKzXQl0&list=PLDYaA22gLktmBUiJyR-7kDaiwThfV7Hpk&index=2&t=198s Don’t forget to check in on me here: https://www.instagram.com/davedoeshiking?igsh=MWxxdmQ1cjc2NXN0ZQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr —————————————————————— Inquiries - davedoeshiking@gmail.com —————————————————————— Hiking Gear used in this video: Lowe Alpine Airzone Trail ND 24l backpack Quechua NH100 Hiking Shoes Karrimor Panther Hiking Trousers OEX stainless steel 1l hiking flask Mountain Warehouse Waterproof Pakka Jacket Trekmates Goretex Gaiters Regatta Hybrid Active Jacket If you enjoy videos about hiking, budget hiking gear reviews and wild camping, please consider subscribing to my channel! I post hiking content once a week. Thank you so much for watching, and for your support and, as always, I hope you enjoyed watching the video as much as I enjoyed making it! —————————————————————— #hiking #wildcamping #hikinggear #hike #dartmoor #walking #tent #backpacking #backpack #exploring #explore #budgethikinggear #budgetcampinggear #nature #devon #england #ponies #tors #mountains #mountain #travelling #hikingboots #hikingshoes #tents #maps #guide #wild #naturalworld #camping #campingstove #hikes #camps

About This Video

Oh, good morning YouTube. In this one I’m back out on Dartmoor again, but right on the eastern edge, following the Wray Valley Trail. It’s a roughly 7-mile hiking and cycling route from Moretonhampstead down to Bovey Tracey, and it mostly sticks to an old Victorian railway line that opened in 1866 and finally closed in 1959. Because it’s an old rail bed, it stays fairly level for a lot of the way, with just about a mile on quiet roads (and yes… I still managed to take a wrong turn and add an unnecessary little climb). It was a drizzly July morning, proper on-and-off British summer weather, so I was messing about with the waterproof and bag cover at the start. The trail starts off busier near Moretonhampstead with joggers and dog walkers, then it quietens down into this lush woodland where everything’s covered in moss and the undergrowth is thick. There are some really cool sections too—rock walls either side where the old line barrels through, the river down below, and then you pop out into Lustleigh before hitting the road section. If you’re new to hiking and the tors and open moorland feel a bit intimidating, I genuinely think this is a perfect “cut your teeth” Dartmoor walk: accessible, tranquil in parts, and easy-going underfoot… as long as you watch out for fallen trees and the fattest spider you’ve ever seen hitching a ride on your backpack.

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