River Walkham Valley and Buckland Monachorum

With the dog, Saturday at 9.30am

Very peaceful. Bright blue sky, warmish, just the gentle noise of the river over small rocks in the narrows and ample chance to give the young dog some more swimming lessons. Car park almost empty on ...

I live here

Buckland offers an excellent pub The Drake Manor that is comfortable and does good food. It also has a beer garden. From Buckland Monachorum there are a number of good walks perhaps the best being a...

Good varied walk

We hired bicycles from the shop in Yelverton and spent a lovely afternoon cycling to Tavistock and back.

Pleasant trail for walking, mildly interesting history

Most of the trackbed of a former railway from Plymouth through Yelverton to Tavistock has been turned into a 21-mile cycling and walking route called Drake's Trail, crossing the Walkham Valley on the ...

lovely area to walk

i have lived in the area all my life and it is a fabulous area to walk, although rather wet in places. buckland monachorum has a lovely little pub serving good food