By: Blonde Two
Well Blondees and Blondettes. The Dartmoor Bauble Challenge is complete. I apologise to those of you who are not locals and couldn’t take part. Maybe next year we Blondes will have a year long quest to hang baubles all over the UK.
The bauble was supposed to end up on the Dartmoor Christmas Tree for all to admire during the festivities but, in true Blonde style, I managed to smash it on Tree’s rock whilst we were being filmed.
We didn’t have any answers that got all twenty-four locations right but we did have three very impressive attempts. Rachel, Ian and Andy – you all did so well that we would like to send you all a book. Please could you email us your addresses to admin@twoblondeswalking.com
The correct answers are below – don’t kick yourselves (or us) too hard!
1. Newbridge
2. Bullseye – Windy Post
3. Wistman’s Wood
4. Loughtor Enclosure (Bellever)
5. Pixie Shop
6. Jay’s Grave
7. Gate below Hartland Tor
8. Mel Tor – towards Venford Reservoir
9. Postbridge
10. Natsworthy crossroads
11. Birch Tor towards Warren House Inn
12. Dart at Dartmeet
13. Rifle Range
14. Rippon Tor path from Hemsworthy Gate
15. Yar Tor Cairn
16. Spitchwick
17. Fox Tor Cafe
18. Hound Tor
19. Windy Post – cross
20. Dunnabridge Pound
21. Fernworthy (Wall’s End)
22. Dartmeet Clapper Bridge
23. Birch Tor (towards Grimspound)
24. The Dartmoor Christmas Tree (or Fox Tor Cafe again!)
Thanks for playing and thanks to Not-at-all-Blonde for all her help with bauble planting!
Cheers girls!!! It was great fun! I had intended to get up onto Dartmoor to check a couple and ran out of time! Still wouldn’t have gotten all 24 though!!! A great challenge! Xxx
Awesome! Thank you very much! Well done to you for putting on a fantastic, fun, festive challenge.
Ian
A pleasure – we got to go to some lovely places whilst bauble-placing. Will think of something else fun for next year. Well done and enjoy the moors!
Hee! Rather proud of myself – managed to get 4 right! (Well, I walked Dartmoor in 196 something – – -)
A pleasure – we got to go to some lovely places whilst bauble-placing. Will think of something else fun for next year. Well done and enjoy the moors!
Four is excellent – I am impressed. Not sure how I would do in another area, there would have to be contours and maps involved I think.
Fantastic! A rather belated thank you (I have been busy walking on Dartmoor). Loved the challenge of working out where the bauble was, and delighted to get such a lovely prize. Happy New Year to all!