As the cubbing and hunting ‘season’ starts again in earnest, we are also getting ever closer to the beginning of another few months of gunning down pheasants and partridges. Protect the Wild is looking at key regions of the UK that attract both tourists who want to enjoy the wildlife and landscape and hunters and […]| Protect the Wild
“My quarters were, as usual, at the Rock Hotel, in Haytor Vale, a neighbourhood becoming quite aristocratic, since two Torquay solicitors have cottages there, and the Vicar of All Saints’, Babbacombe, has just built himself a very modest, unpretentious moorland retreat. I reached my quarters on the afternoon of Friday, and after a walk to Ilsington and back, partook of a generous tea, and later on a frugal supper, consisting of a biscuit and a glass of milk, with just a tablespoon of whis...| Legendary Dartmoor
London + Dartmoor are not what I would call the most suitable combination and as you can see from the 1872 travel diary they certainly did not fit well on this occasion. As always when I post the descripts from the path I write them as they were written in order to maintain an authors …| Legendary Dartmoor
In 1811 the first edition of “Risdon’s Survey of Devon” was updated, possibly by one John Taylor. At the time he was President of the Geological Society and resided on Dartmoor for some years. He also had interests in several Dartmoor mines and was engaged in several agricultural pursuits. In the book he highlighted how …| Legendary Dartmoor
In 1906 Sabine Baring Gould, the noted Dartmoor antiquarian and folklore author, wrote an article for a London newspaper. It was called “Do you believe in ghosts? – Explanations of some strange sights and sounds.” “Mr. William Ewebank Jones was a man of many parts, and all good. He was a sportsman, a pleasant companion …| Legendary Dartmoor
For centuries the only means a passenger had of traveling between Tavistock and Okehampton and beyond was by means of a horse-draw coach. The coming of the railway was the ‘death knell’ for the owners of many of these coach companies, the staging inns, and indeed local hauliers. It was assumed at the time that …| Legendary Dartmoor
Imagine embarking on a three-day tour of Dartmoor with accommodation in some of the ‘finest’ hotels the area has to offer – sounds tempting? Now imagine a three-day tour of Dartmoor in September but travelling in an open top horse drawn carriage, along with other passengers, staying at the ‘finest’ hotels in 1887 – still …| Legendary Dartmoor
Due to their very nature the rivers of Dartmoor have been the ideal habitats for salmon and trout. Such a rich harvest provided many of the riverside landowners with an income as too the local businesses who profited from the visiting anglers. Certainly by the late 1800s virtually every hotel, inn, and guesthouse which advertised …| Legendary Dartmoor
Today the very thought of Otter hunting is abhorrent and barbaric and thankfully came under protection under the ‘Wildlife and Countryside Act in 1981 and later with the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations of 2017. This means it is illegal to deliberately kill, injure, disturb or capture them, damage or destroy their breeding sites …| Legendary Dartmoor
There are two locations on Dartmoor where the placename “Ringhill” can be found. The first is just to the east of Oxenham Manor where there is the “Ringhill,” “Ringhill Coppice” and “Ringhill Cross.” The second lies just to the north of Postbridge in the form of what was once “Ringhill Farm” along with “Ringhill Newtake”. …| Legendary Dartmoor
Catherine Parr, alias the noted Dartmoor authoress Beatrice Chase lived just outside Widecombe-in-the-Moor at Venton. She is best described as a typical Victorian dame and was a formidable, outspoken egotist on many matters including Dartmoor. John Oxenham wrote a novel in which Beatrice Chase was the heroine, the book was called, ‘My Lady of the …| Legendary Dartmoor
Another piece of the Dartmoor National Park in Devon has been registered as common land. Planning Inspector Nigel Farthing has granted the society’s application to register as common about 82.25 hectares of part of Ditsworthy Warren. The land, which is about 2.5 kilometres east of Sheepstor, is grazed and uncultivated. In 1968, a tract of… The post More Dartmoor land restored as common appeared first on Open Spaces Society.| Open Spaces Society
Stonehenge may be the most famous, but fascinating prehistoric monuments and sites can be found across England.| The Historic England Blog
The UK Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by bird shooters Alexander and Diana Darwall and upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. The victory comes after a years long fight for the right to roam. Hedge fund manager Alexander Darwall first embarked on a legal battle against Dartmoor…| Protect the Wild
Just a quick post for National Afternoon Week in the UK. (I have been hoping to come back to the blog, but my second job has forced me to work without any days off for over three months 😦 ) Last year, I stopped by Dartmoor National Park on the way back from Cornwall. At … Continue reading High Tea in Lustleigh, Devon 2019| The Door into Promised Lands
There are stories on Dartmoor that come up singing through the stones. There is a silence underneath the wind on the tops of the granite tors that is ancient with human song. I could feel it, just underneath the skin of green. The wind and the stones and the pulse of story came in like a hallowing, and I was changed.| The Gleewoman's Notes
