Sweet Meadows and Wild Woods Country Holidays

Fancy a pint (or a bite to eat)? Set off on an hour-long walk towards a couple of inns, either through the forest or Dunsford Woods. The cracking café at Castle Drogo – which also has well-kept gardens worth a wander – is within reach on foot in an hour and a half (or 15 minutes’ drive). Divert your attention to more Dartmoor destinations such as Haytor Rocks (35 minutes) and Canonteign Falls (25 minutes), then dawdle in dreamy Dartmeet where the East and West Dart rivers join up. Kids keen on animals? Mosey over to the Miniature Pony Centre, home to a range of donkeys and pigs as well as the equestrian creatures the place is named after. Nippers can also attempt to spot Dartmoor’s famed wild horses out and about while wandering over the national park’s moorlands, valleys and tors.