Dartmoor Explorations

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Cold Moon Night Walk – December 2025

A night walk from Norsworthy Bridge taking in three farms, several tors / rocks and a stone row. The photograph contributions are from the author, Lynn Clynch and Frank Collinson using a variety of phones and cameras with various settings. It is remarkable how some of the compositions look like they were taken in the daylight but were on a moonlit cloudless night in December

1. Cold Moon
The Cold Moon
1a. Norsworthy Steps
The wall steps at Norsworthy Bridge car park
1b. Norsworthy Puddle
Moonlight in a puddle
1c. Norsworthy Moon
The Cold Moon from behind a tree on the track to Middleworth
2a. Middleworth
The track to Middleworth – great camera settings, no flash but look like a twilight composition
2b. Middleworth
Middleworth Farm
2c. Middleworth
Cold Moon and trees
3a. Path near Deancombe
Moonlight reflecting on wet track near Deancombe Farms
3b. Path near Deancombe
Deancombe (East) Farm
3c. Path near Deancombe
3d. Path near Deancombe
Junction of Deancombe Farm and Outholme Farm tracks
4a. Deancombe
Deancombe (East) Farm grinding wheel supports
4b. Deancombe
Deancombe
5a. Cuckoo Rock
Cuckoo Rock by torch and moonlight
5b. Cuckoo Rock
Cuckoo Rock by torch and moonlight
5c. Cuckoo Rock
Cuckoo Rock by torchlight. Note the lights from North Hessary mast
5d. Cuckoo Rock
Cuckoo Rock
5e. Cuckoo Rock
Cuckoo Rock
5f. Cuckoo Rock
5g. Cuckoo Rock
Cuckoo Rock
6a. Gatepost
Gatepost near Combeshead Farm
6b. Potato Cave
Outside Combeshead Farm Potato Cave
6c. Potato Cave
Inside Combeshead Farm Potato Cave
6d. Gateway
Gateposts above Combestone Farm heading towards Combestone Tor
7a. Combeshead Tor
Combestone Tor – Is this a lizard or possibly turtle head ?
7c. Combeshead Tor
The Combestone Tor ‘head’
7d. Combeshead Tor
Coffee break in the dark – checking photographs
7e. Combshead Tor
Unbelievable to think this was taken in the darkness with only moonlight
8a. Stone Row
Hingston Hill Stone Row – using basic phone and torch for lighting
8b. Stone Row
Hingston Hill Stone Row – using basic phone and torch for lighting
8c. Stone Row
No artificial lighting here – just amazing camera with appropriate settings
8d. Stone Row
Another amazing (no artificial light) composition. All hand held
8e. Stone Row
Hingston Hill Stone Row terminal stone circle
8f. Stone Row
Note the stars in this composition
8g. Stone Row
Combination of torch light on the largest stone and the moonlight
8h. Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow Hill
8i. North Hessary
Looking over towards Newleycombe Lake and North Hessary Mast
9a. Cold Moon
Cold Moon
9b. Cold Moon
Cold Moon
10. Near Snappers
Near Snappers Tor
10a. Trees
Trees below Snappers Tor
11a. Field near Norsworthy
Rock in field below Snappers Tor
11b. Field near Norsworthy
Fields en-route back to Norsworthy Bridge car park
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