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sandyRoe | 19:44 Sat 08th Mar 2025 | ChatterBank
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...of her walking on  Dartmoor prompted the question: is there really such a hazard as the Grimpen Mire, as mentioned in Hound of the Baskervilles?

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"In his book Conan Doyle called this place Grimpen Mire but he was in fact writing about a real place called Foxtor Mires on Dartmoor which he had visited – he just changed its name"
19:50 Sat 08th Mar 2025

"In his book Conan Doyle called this place Grimpen Mire but he was in fact writing about a real place called Foxtor Mires on Dartmoor which he had visited – he just changed its name"

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That's an interesting article. Ta.

The Lana Lake is a real hazard in Devon. When it is visible. 

Never been a fan of Dartmoor.  We used to have the Ten Tors challenge at school.  I managed to swerve that one.  I prefer Exmoor

I used to refer to this

https://guideoversands.co.uk/arnside-to-grange

as the "Grimpen mire" and no one knew what the foo I was on about

miixed a bit with Limpimg Lucy ( no relation) in wilkie Collins the Moonstone - my god how the foo-ers wd foo ! ( all day long, yikes)

 

after my time in Egypt - I used to go micro-camping on Dartmoor ( over night) easy-peasy

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