About Us
The Two Moors Way Association is an entirely voluntary-run organisation seeking to support the route.
A small committee oversees the work of the Association and manages this website. They also work closely with Dartmoor National Park, Exmoor National Park and Devon County Council, who are ultimately responsible for maintaining the route across the county.
There is not currently an individual membership scheme but if you are interested please contact us (info@twomoorsway.org) to register your interest so we can gauge the appetite for such a initiative. If you would like to be involved in the Association we’d love to hear from you!
Sue Viccars
Sue Viccars is a freelance author and editor of walking and guidebooks, specialising in southwest England, and particularly Dartmoor and Exmoor. She is the author of the Cicerone Press guide The Two Moors Way – Devon’s Coast to Coast (a new extended and updated edition was published in February 2019), and was editor of Dartmoor Magazine from 2008 to 2024. She is also author of the Cicerone Press guidebook to The Dartmoor Way, published in 2023. She has written the walk feature for Exmoor the Country Magazine since 2008, and writes a regular ‘Walk & Eat’ feature for Dartmoor Magazine. Sue is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, is on the Dartmoor Way steering group, and is Information Officer for the Two Moors Way Association.
Janet Auckland
Janet Auckland is currently secretary of the Exeter and District Group of Ramblers. Janet has always enjoyed outdoor walking and was delighted to discover the beauty of Dartmoor and Exmoor (and the bits in between) after moving to Devon some seventeen years ago. She is keen to promote the pleasure of walking the Two Moors Way.
Les Bright
Les Bright is a member of Ramblers. He is passionate about the pleasure, health benefits and sense of well being that can be gained from walking regularly – in the countryside, on the coast, or in cities. The Two Moors Way ticks two of those boxes by passing through hamlets, villages and small towns as it stretches from coast-to-coast. Now retired from a career in the field of social welfare, Les aims to spend a minimum of two days every week walking in the region’s beautiful landscape, while still finding time to pursue other interests such as serving on the board of a community-owned business, facilitating the book club at a care home for older people and editing a local walks book for Exeter and District Ramblers
John Howell
John Howell is currently a member of the Exeter & District Group of the Ramblers. John has a strong passion for walking and the environment, and believes that this recreational activity provides pleasure, significant health benefits for local residents and visitors, and sustainable support for local businesses.
He has walked the route four times and supported the Two Moors Way Association for around fifteen years. John believes we are very fortunate that the route traverses the important historic landscapes of Dartmoor and Exmoor national parks, and the rolling Mid Devon landscape with many interesting villages and hamlets. His great passion is walking on Dartmoor, enjoying the landscape, the archaeology and the social history of the area. He is currently Treasurer of the Dartmoor Preservation Association.