Dartmoor

Ha, ha Patrick thousands of answers? Let's hope you get enough to resolve your problem. However, one thing that I can help you with is to remind you that booking your hotel accommodation securely online through www.picturesofengland.com/hotels/ will get you a special internet only rate, that will be cheaper than going direct to the hotels! So there is your first little bit of help. No doubt POE forum members will fill in the other bits for you, if not I will personally look into it for you.

It depends which part of Dartmoor you would like to visit Patrick. We stay at Malborough near Salcombe every year and then we drive up to the National Park some of the days. I think you would need to hire a car to get around as it is such a big area or stay somewhere where there is alot to do and alot of places to walk or cycle hire. I have been to Buckfastleigh in the south east which is nice and it has the old steam train line and otter sanctuary. It is not far from the National  Park. Then there is Lydford which is supposed to be beautiful on the North West side. We visited the prison museum last year at Princetown which was very interesting but it was on a very bleak, misty and rainy day! As Sue said it is a massive area so it really depends what you want to do. Oh yes your question about cars - there are some roads through the park with parking areas where you can walk from to get to the areas not accessible by road. I am not really familiar with travelling by train to there - I think there are stations at Okehampton.

Edited by: Stephanie Jackson at:10th February 2009 17:08

many thanks for your answers. My next question will soon be posted