The Tours

We do half day and full day tours. Here is a selection of the our tours:

Half day dartmoor tour

Starting at Haytor, which is a popular tour all year round with locals and visitors alike.The views are spectacular, so do not forget your camera and binoculars. It is well worth looking at the granite railway and having a walk along the railway tracks. It is a gentle walk.

Pressing on to Jay's grave, we pass Hound Tor. This is where you need your binoculars, because you will be able to see Bowermans nose to your right.

Jays Grave
Kitty Jay was a local girl who fell in love with a young farm hand. One night she succumbed to his persuasive words. He had promised to marry her and they had a night of passion. But the next day he rejected her, saying he had no intention of marrying her. Sadly Kitty hung herself that night. In those times punishment was suicide was harsh, and she was buried without ceremony at a crossroads.Flowers are still put on her grave to this day. Kitty Jay was betrayed by her faithless lover. He lived, apparently, happily ever after, while kitty's soul still wanders around the moors.

Next stop is Widecombe in the Moor. (Did you know the devil visited Widecombe? Look out for a book called "Devil's Footprints") In Widecombe you can browse the village, have a comfort stop and a look inside the church. You can find out about the footprints in there. This church is also called the "Cathedral on the Moors".

Before we drive to Prince Town we stop at Postbridge.

This tour takes about four hours.

A Nice coastal Drive (half day tour)

For this tour you will need a clear sunny day to appreciate the views as we follow the coast around Lyme Bay.
Example: Starcross, Dawlish Warren, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Shaldon, Babbacombe Down, Torquay and Paignton. If time allows, then on to Brixham

This tour takes about four hours.

Full day tour of Dartmoor

This tour starts at about 10am. The first port of call is Ashburton, an ancient stannary town.
A stannary town is where the tin miners sent the tin ingot to be stamped with the owners name. It was weighed and checked for purity and the tin miner was paid the value in coinage.
We drive on to buckland in the moor and have a look at the clock which is on the church (can you see the message on the clock?).

Next stop is the popular Hay Tor with its granite tramway. It was from here that granite was quarried for Nelson's column and other London landmarks. Hay Tor is one of South Devons famous land marks.

Next we drive down to Widecombe in the Moor, where you can have a comfort stop and browse the shops. From here we drive past the Warren House Inn where the fire has not gone out for 100 years or more. We stop at Postbridge and have a look at an old clapper bridge (Clapper is a Saxon word for stone). On the way to Prince Town we pass Crocken Tor. This is the Tor where the ancient Stannary Parliament was held.

From here you can see Prince Town with its infamous prison. This is the only town of its size and also the wettest in England. The High Moorland visitor centre is well worth a visit, as is the prison museum (if it's open).

Pressing on to Tavistock, we pass the prison, but there is no stopping to look or take a photo. We stop at Tavistock where you can browse around the market stalls.

Okehampton is our next stop, after passing the Wheal Bety pumping house at Mary tavy. Okehampton has got a great moorland museum all about life on Dartmoor and again is well worth a visit.

Moving on to Chagford, which is another stannary town. Next stop is Moretonhampstead, where you can browse or have a comfort stop. Now if time is on our side we can go to Buckfast Abbey, but it closes at about 5.30pm.

This tour takes about five to six hours.

These tours are designed for six people, but we also do one to one tours and tours for up to four people - it is your choice.