When it comes to big skies and epic sunsets, it’s hard to beat Devon’s bleakly beautiful open country. This rugged moorland is famous for wild ponies with shaggy coats and enviably lustrous manes and adorned with strange stone sculptures – ancient granite tors that have withstood centuries of rain and gales. It’s scented with gorse in spring and bracken in summer, and in autumn the river valleys’ oak trees wear auburn coats.

Dartmoor has vast moorland dotted with dramatic granite tors (outcrops or stacks of rocks, usually on a hill), and deep wooded river valleys. Whilst the landscapes may seem desolate, there’s evidence of human activity in this region dating from the Bronze Age. Follow one of the themed walking routes to better understand the landscape, and look out for the iconic Dartmoor ponies grazing on the moors as you go. Wild camping is also allowed in large parts of Dartmoor.