Clearbrook to Shaugh Bridge

We left the car in the car park above the village of Clearbrook and walked along the road towards Goodameavy.  There were a number of Dartmoor ponies grazing, several with young.

The views in this open part of the Moor were spectacular.  There were bluebells scattered around the edges of the moors, and as we walked down the hill to Goodameavy there were lots of bluebells in the woods at the edge of the road, but they were past their best.

At Goodameavy we turned off the road and started to walk along the cycle track, then we took a path that lead down to the river and we walked along the river to Shaugh Bridge.  At times the path was not good and we had to scramble over boulders, but it was so beautiful.  There were bluebells all around, in the woods, at the side of the river and even on the paths.

From Shaugh Bridge we walked on the road back to Goodameavy - a steep climb, but a much shorter walk than the path that followed the river.  We then took the cycle path that ended up at the bottom of Clearbrook village.

Next time I would like to follow the river from Clearbrook to Goodameavy, the path looked quite good, and then take the cycle path all the way from Goodameavy to Shaugh, perhaps trying to return on the other side of the river.