12 November 2025

To help us celebrate our 25th anniversary, the Dooley family, from Plymouth, have completed their ambitious pledge to complete 25 different activities at the lakes before the end of November 2025.

Mum Charlotte explained: "We are based in Plymouth so we are well based for easy access to all of the lakes! We've been to Burrator many times but only started exploring the other lakes last year. We enjoyed caravanning at Wimbleball and Roadford last year and look forward to exploring what the other lakes have to offer!"

   

This is what they got up to:

1	Stay overnight at Roadford
2	Try the Roadford Roller cycle trail
3	Stargaze at Roadford
4	Play in the play area at Roadford
5	Have a BBQ at Roadford
6	Have a campfire at Roadford
7	SUP/kayak at Roadford
8	Look for bats and bat boxes at Roadford
9	Look for birds through the bird hide at Roadford
10	Cycle around Siblyback Lake
11	Have a picnic at Siblyback
12	SUP/kayak at Siblyback
13	Cycle around Tamar Lake
14	SUP/kayak at Tamar Lake
15	Have a picnic at Tamar Lake
16	Play in the play area at Tamar Lake
17	Walk around Fernworthy Reservoir
18	Look for cists and hut circles at Fernworthy
19	Picnic at Fernworthy
20	Spend time watching birds from the water's edge at Fernworthy
21	Go on a walking adventure at Burrator Reservoir
22	Visit Burrator Discovery Centre
23	Explore Burrator Arboretum
24	Look for dragonflies at Burrator
25	Have an ice cream at Burrator

   

Congratulations to you all from everyone at South West Lakes Trust! 

Get involved

Make a pledge to do 25 things at the lakes this year to help us celebrate our 25th anniversary! 25 could mean lots of different things: 25 miles, 25 visits, 25 lakes, 25 different activities...

Email your personal #ItsYour25 challenge pledge to [email protected] 

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