Watching A Young Lady's Youtube Videos..

[sandyRoe]

...of her walking on  Dartmoor prompted the question: is there really such a hazard as the Grimpen Mire, as mentioned in Hound of the Baskervilles?

[Prudie]

"In his book Conan Doyle called this place Grimpen Mire but he was in fact writing about a real place called Foxtor Mires on Dartmoor which he had visited – he just changed its name"

[Buenchico]

https://dartmoorwalker.co.uk/2018/07/fox-tor-mire/

[sandyRoe]

Buenchico

That's an interesting article. Ta.

[Togo]

The Lana Lake is a real hazard in Devon. When it is visible. 

[237SJ]

Never been a fan of Dartmoor.  We used to have the Ten Tors challenge at school.  I managed to swerve that one.  I prefer Exmoor

[Peter Pedant]

I used to refer to this

https://guideoversands.co.uk/arnside-to-grange

as the "Grimpen mire" and no one knew what the foo I was on about

miixed a bit with Limpimg Lucy ( no relation) in wilkie Collins the Moonstone - my god how the foo-ers wd foo ! ( all day long, yikes)

 

[Peter Pedant]

after my time in Egypt - I used to go micro-camping on Dartmoor ( over night) easy-peasy