{"id":4118,"date":"2021-08-15T16:22:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T16:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=4118"},"modified":"2021-08-15T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T16:27:18","slug":"venn-farm-beaver-colony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=4118","title":{"rendered":"Venn Farm Beaver colony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s now Saturday and a quiet day is planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attached to Venn Farm is an area of woodland with a stream running through it. A colony of beavers have made this their home. We didn’t see any actual beavers but the signs are everywhere – from the dams along the stream to the knawed tree-trunks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beaver signs at Venn Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Beaver Dam at Venn Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a link to some pictures and a video of them, Wild Beaver Colony (devoncl.co.uk)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than the trip through the woodlands, we had a quiet day chilling at the campsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday and we headed over to Meldon Reservoir, the last of the reservoirs built on Dartmoor – in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some great walks although there isn’t a circular walk around the reservoir itself. The “Granite Way” runs nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some pictures from our walk at Meldon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meldon Reservoir<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Dam at Meldon Reservoir<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Another view of the Dam at Meldon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Granite Way Viaduct at Meldon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Carriage at the former Meldon station<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Granite Way cycle route<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

From Meldon we headed to the Arscott Arms near Launceston for a late Sunday lunch. Food, service and atmosphere was outstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday Roast at the Arscott Arms<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Desert at the Arscott Arms<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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