Sunday 25th November saw 24 DPA members and friends meeting at Lydford High Down car park, just up the lane by the Dartmoor Inn, near Lydford. The weather was dull with white overcast cloud and a forecast of a 10% chance of rain and a “feel-like” temperature of -1°C.  In truth, I didn’t think it…

On Saturday 10th November 11 walkers retraced the walk that was abandoned in snow in March.   This time it was wet, but only some of the time and the autumn colours were splendid. We were again very glad to be joined by Peter F. Mason who had curated the exhibition “Dartmoor a Wild and Wondrous…

Reproduced from Campaigner Kate’s blog, with kind permission ….. On a bright and sunny autumn day, 22 October, 13 volunteers met in the front field at Hillbridge Farm near Peter Tavy on Dartmoor.  Megan Lowe and Simon Phelps from Butterfly Conservation’s All the Moor Butterflies project joined the Dartmoor Preservation Association conservation volunteers for a day at nearby Common…

  It was a glorious sunny day on Thurs. 25th October when 29 of us gathered in the car parks below Sharpitor, the weather seemed too good to be true but it stayed with us for the whole walk. We must be a good-living lot!     It is always satisfying to see a good view…

On Tuesday 16th October volunteers met at Mardon Down to continue clearance work, at the invitation of the Commoners.  Mardon Down has many archaeological remains dating from pre-history right up to the second world war when the Down was occupied for about a year by an American regiment.     One group worked on clearing…

Seventeen DPA members and friends met at the Pork Hill car park on Tuesday 25th September for the walk up Cox Tor Hill and the return between the tor and Roos and the Staple Tors.  The weather was excellent- blue sky and sunshine all morning.     The photograph above shows a somewhat zoomed photograph of…

On Sunday 16th September, the DPA had a visit to the replica Neolithic / Bronze Age roundhouse at Lower Merripit, outside Postbridge. I believe there were about 27 of us and following an introductory chat outside the farm house, we walked a short distance to the roundhouse.  Lower Merripit is one of the oldest farms on…

If it’s the 2nd Tuesday in September, then it’s Widecombe Fair ….. every year. The DPA had its usual presence, near the Main Ring. There is a lot involved with the fair – the first order of the day is to make sure that the DPA stand is set up and presented as temptingly as…

  With 7 DPA volunteers and 17 DWT (Devon Wildlife Trust) volunteers the bracken was raked from Pudsham Meadows in record time this year.  There was plenty of time for resting and chatting as well as hard work! The story is mostly in the photo-captions.                      …

Once more, the sun has orbited to reach the point of Summer Bank Holiday Monday, on 27th of August, and the DPA attended the Lustleigh Show again. Regular DPA volunteers for these events, namely Val Barns, Derek Collins, Claude Williams and Keith & Berni Ryan were joined by Alison Clish-Green. There are no long blocks of text below,…