Dartmoor National Park Walks | Grimspound from Bennett's Cross

Join Abbie as they make the most of a clear winters day and head out to explore prehistoric Dartmoor!
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[@loopylou]

That pony was so beautiful and cute!

[@davidwormell6609]

Another smiley walk for you. That makes me happy.

[@clivewinter8321]

Abbie you always seem so cheerful your a huge inspiration to myself in walking as I really enjoy watching all your video's and your knowledge is absolutely fantastic keep up the great work as I absolutely loved your Rob Roy walk in Scotland

[@wolvoman1]

Another great video, last time i was on Dartmoor was the hot summer of 1976, doing military training, came back with a great sun tan. I remember looking down on Dartmoor prison, what a dark miserable place it looked.

[@titanbengal]

Excellent video Abbie. Enjoyed it so much.

[@SirPrancelot1]

Thanks Abbie. Fascinating. I think of Dartmoor as being a bleak, wet, windswept place and I suppose it is often that way so it's really interesting to see it dry and sunny and not many people. Good map reading skills definitely a bonus as always as signs cannot be relied upon.

[@rodnewman6519]

Another excellent video Abbie, I live on Dartmoor and walk it almost every day. Your enthusiasm for the subject and the location no matter where it is is infectious. Brilliantly narrated as well.

[@greggjudd8215]

A very fun and interesting hike. Also the sock did a great job of cutting the wind noise.

[@Quaker521]

Looked like a great day out. Thanks for taking us along.

[@richardmay4640]

Excellent like how you point out the colours from time to time, Dartmoor golden greens, golden browns etc love their endless subtle variations

[@englishsexy31]

im, from souf multi (south molton ) ie norf devon , i love your show sooooo much ,,,, wooooooow !

[@kenhenley7599]

A lovely walk indeed...and a very good video. You were lucky with the weather. Must confess that when you lent against Bennett's Cross at the beginning, I momentarily had a vision of it, and you, falling over!

[@MrOj53]

Stay Wild!!

[@michaelbradym7893]

Mysterious,mythical Dartmoor! Much much THANKS Abbie for this ausome hike!!!!!!

[@WalksWithOlly]

A great walk, Abbie and you truly had the weather for it! Thanks for sharing.

[@garyclaytonphotography5708]

Very interesting walk Abbie. Very well done.

[@BrianthatiscalledBrian]

The image quality and sound on that Hero 7 is really good. Thanks again, Abbie. Great video. :)

[@jasonbeaven5231]

Just found your channel and watched a couple of the Dartmoor walks !! AMAZING AND STUNNING!! I am now planning some Dartmoor trail runs with my friend ! Thanks for videos ... Jason

[@vera.nadine]

You make me smile. 🙂 These adventures are just grand. 🏕⛰

[@alanbrown2344]

Nice one Abbie great walk as usual keep it up and thanks for taking us along God Bless you Alan

[@runforfunken]

Super day hike & scenery, just makes us smile inside & out when enjoying the great outdoors. Got my car all ready & my driving test next week then it's go find an adventure every week. Keep inspiring Abbie : )

[@MagicaLucem]

Gotta love the wild..Gorse is decidedly edible. .but highly pharmaceutical too... It has a substantial effect as a Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitor .. it'll keep your smiling should you feel low .. Take care intrepid wilderness walker.

[@patrickmoore2031]

Hey Abbie, I enjoyed watching you enjoy your walk. Thanks for sharing the interesting sites and info.

[@danielmckay9280]

You had a wonderful clear and sunny day, grrrrrr, I am so jealous! Last time I was there wild camping it was very misty and windy. So happy I can actually see what it looks like 😁. Nice one! 👍👍👍👍

[@anthonymitchell8041]

A very enjoyable and well produced film. Thank you.

[@almontepaolilli4909]

Glad you had a good walk. Scenery was outstanding. Love water and there appeared to be plenty in the landscape.

[@caorach3354]

Greetings from the prehistoric Isle of Lewis :-) That was a great walk and the stones are fantastic, really enjoyed it and I liked your furry friend as well!

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

That was an enjoyable walk you took us on , matched by your enthusiasm 🙂 thanks for sharing 🙂

[@TravellingTorunn]

Thank you for this lovely video 😊 You surely have a lot of historic places in the UK. Really interesting to see 👍😊

[@kennybrydges9084]

Enjoyed that Abbie, thanks Kenny 👍🙏🏼

[@susanbrown2909]

I’ve been to Dartmoor...such a lovely place. What a great hike. Thanks for taken us along.

[@mtssman]

Great video! I was doing my Avon Dam walk on that day, the sky and sunshine was truly excellent!

[@stevesmith3990]

What a great walk, would love to do that one - thanks Abbie.

[@ST1VO]

So nice to see you doing what I love doing, and in Britain too. I watched the west highland way ep, and the gritstone one, beautiful.. I did 3 day 2 night 50 miles last week, chester-tattenhall-delamere-chester, it was lovely!! Can't wait to get out again now the weather is clear.. :)

[@brookestraveltime4533]

Fantastic, I wish this National Park was a little closer.

[@Wildsoul62]

I only just found your channel again and really enjoyed your Dartmoor walk ! I was down on the moors this last weekend but weather not quite as sunny! Subbed atb vee

[@adriancaldwell]

I love lo-tech solutions like sock mic covers you've invented! nice work

[@Drdee1]

25:18 The Dartmoor ponies that were moved from there to Sutton Park in Birmingham where I'm from used to turn and run if you got within 10 metres of them!

[@sylviahall5667]

Dear Abbie have you done a walk round the Malven Hills a place that is special to me I went up with my dad when I was 11yrs old I'm now 71 yrs now so a long time ago

[@dwylaw]

Great video, thanks! I need to re-read The Hound of the Baskervilles now.

[@ferjanyen]

I an a new subscriber and I love your videos, also just started treking and soon will do the South Down way (Winchester to Eastbourne) thanks for sharing your experience with us.

[@angelakm6753]

Looks like you had an ace walk :)

[@davidwormell6609]

12:15. Boghopping!

[@rialobran]

Having now just finished all of the western tors, it's time to head east and take in some of those, too. Sub'd

[@mattruff4408]

Hi abbie was just watching a vid of you and you was having a hard time was for me to seeing you having a hard time to with your walk aswell your not alone just do things how you feel. I know its had love your work just keep putting 2 feet forward

[@davidkeel]

A really wonderful video Abbie. I hope you don't mind me saying. You have a Gimbal in this one which is working. But in your Coast to Coast video you seem to be holding a Gimbal but it didn't work. Not sure if you noticed ? Lol. I know you've got a lot to think about each day with anxiety. So I hope you don't mind me bringing this up.

[@MarksGoneWalking]

Great video- just found your channel. Enjoyed the talk along the way - will try that trick with the sock 🧦👍🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️ATB Mark. Liked and subbed.

[@garbysalvador1401]

Abbie, another fabulous walk and video. I'm totally addicted to your blogs!!! Tell me, please, of all the long distance trails you've done in the UK, apart from the GGW -that I've already done- and the C2C -that I'm doing next June- which one would be at the top of your list? I have 10 days holidays in October and I want to do them all! :)

[@PaulWillcocks]

The Warren House Inn is one of my favorite pubs on Dartmoor and I always enjoy a meal after a walk when I'm in the area. Love your videos. Sub from me.

[@codarmy12345]

Hi Abbie, really enjoying the videos, have you ever done Geocaching? It's a great way to find new trails and something else to do whilst you're in the wild! (Loads of videos of it on KZbin) If anyone hasn't heard of it, its basically using your GPS to find hidden containers all over the world! Thanks, Max

[@AbbieBarnesWILD]

Havent don't it myself but found a few with friends!

[@IIKPSII]

Im so lucky to live on the edge of dartmoor in a little village called ashburton (Just down the road from buckland in the moor) amazing place to live & wouldn't change it for the world.

[@MagicaLucem]

Dear Kamikaze... Totally agree... Gotta love Ashburton.. Haven't ever seen another Ashburtonian on the Internet. Keep smiling!

[@daystate123]

Tried to do this walk on Saturday, parked at bennetts Cross and it was 6 deg c and the misty rain was coming in sideways. I didn't feel comfortable walking on my own. Next time.

[@AbbieBarnesWILD]

Sounds like a wise move. Next time, as you say :)

[@walkwonderful3272]

Whilst I admire your use of maps... aren't you tempted by a GPS at all? I swear by my Garmin :) (They aren's as expensive as you might think) Great video by the way!

[@AbbieBarnesWILD]

Nah. I seek to escape tech, not bring it in to my life more :) Love that it works for lots of people though!

[@englishsexy31]

[@curiousnomadic]

Why don't they grow some trees on it? It looks so barren. Sure the soil is fertile.

[@easternmenace]

Because it's a habitat, an ecosystem of its own. We don't tend to go around changing entire habitats because they look barren. Anyway if there were trees they would get in the way of the view lol

[@curiousnomadic]

But as Abby said it had been changed to BE barren by poor farming and grazing practices. Before industrial times it was forested so time to restore it. The habitat is that of the lack of habitat.

[@easternmenace]

True but how many years has it been since that? It's a different habitat now

[@niels.brouwer]

The landscaped was cleared of trees mostly back in the neolithic and early bronze age, as much as 5000 years ago. Most areas were cleared with fire to make way for agriculture and grazing livestock. The climate was completely different back then, much warmer than it is now. Since then, the climate has changed naturally, resulting in a completely different habitat. The acidic soil was no longer suitable for agriculture and gradually changed into the vast expanse of moorland with a valuable ecology. The peat deposits absorb the large amount of annual rain and host a lot of very special flora and fauna. The views are so much more stunning than when they would have been restricted by trees. In my opinion, this has so much more value than the monotonous and mostly lifeless forestry plantations of dense pine that you see elsewhere. Asking why they don't cram it full of trees again completely disregards the merits this special landscape has to offer.

[@easternmenace]

Yep and also when they replant forests now most of the time it's for logging and it's just spruce. Neat, tight rows of spruce that don't look natural and don't have much of other flora in them because all the light gets blocked out. Sure we could try and replant a forest but we would have to find trees that actually grow on this soil, most likely trees that weren't the kind that originally grew there. But now you are changing the habitat again so what's the point, it's beautiful in its own way.

[@Whisky_Four-Three]

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[@garbysalvador1401]

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