Man looking for stones in undergrowth
Moss covered stone engraved with the name Carlyle
In search of 200 year old inscribed stones on Dartmoor- the work of the Rev Edward Bray, until recently, hidden and forgotten. There’s a rare chance to see them on Sat 2nd May. 2pm in a walk led by Simon Dell. Book here dartmoortorsfestival.co.uk/edward-brays...
This weekend (17–19th) is the Good Grief spring festival 💚 It is online and FREE, with a huge choice of talks. I'll be speaking at 3pm on Sunday 19th with @smpierce.bsky.social + Lizzie Pickering @goodgrieffest.bsky.social on finding comfort and hope in nature. www.goodgrieffest.com/events/lands...
Really excited that nature poet @janelovellpoetry.bsky.social will be joining us at the Dartmoor Tors Festival on Sunday 3rd May at 11am @ashburtonarts.bsky.social - along with fellow poet Mark Haworth Booth for conversation and readings . Book here : wegottickets.com/f/16604/
An interesting behind the scenes perspective from Paul Harris of Glavind Strachan Photography, who photographed our depiction of St Gudula for the Dartmoor Tors Festival. He delves into the complex and contrasting history of this local (or not so local) saint.
glavindstrachan.com/blog/st-gudu...
By reconnecting with local customs, by invoking #Dartmoor rivers as beings with agency and presence, the Dartmoor Tors Festival invites both locals and visitors to enter a deeper relationship with the national park.
#holywell #welldressing #mayday
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Gudula’s Gathering | New Dartmoor Community Pageant focuses on ancient holy well
New community ritual for Dartmoor reconnects with local customs and draws people together at St Gudula’s Well
We're supporting the #Dartmoor Tors #Festival as lead partner for 2026, which includes playing a part in the closing parade. This celebrates community, culture and life giving water, symbolized by the dressing of St. Gudula's healing well in #Ashburton.
www.theprsd.co.uk/2026/04/01/g...
Nature on Dartmoor is in decline. Is it too late to save it? @lisaschneidau.bsky.social from Dartmoor Nature Alliance, Tracy May from Dartmoor Commoners and Richard Drysdale from DNP, will discuss this with @sophiepavs.bsky.social in the chair - at the Dartmoor Tors Festival info at link in bio .
Looking forward to my talk at Arundells Salisbury on 15th April! All about Britain’s amazing standing stones - and local hero John Aubrey too (in this his 400th anniversary year). Just a very few tickets left now arundells.org/events/stone...
What is natural mysticism and how does it relate to Paganism? The wonderful @rebeccambeattie.bsky.social will be joining us at the Dartmoor Tors Festival to discuss, and also lead a workshop on the Wheel of the Year. She grew up on Dartmoor; this feeds into her life and work. Tix at the link in bio
Brilliant news, all thanks to the dogged determination and research by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social who is frankly a bit of a hero !
This is brilliant news Guy and I’m sure would never have happened without all your work and determination .
This pic, of the Beating of the Bounds at Throwleigh, was taken in 1991 by Chris Chapman. Chris has been documenting life on Dartmoor since the 70s, and he will be speaking at the Dartmoor Tors Fest with archaeologist Alan Endacott. Do join them on 1 May in Ashburton. wegottickets.com/f/16579/
Upcoming book event! LOVE, LOSS AND LANDSCAPE with me and lovely @smpierce.bsky.social, hosted by @foldedorset.bsky.social who yesterday were named Best Indie Bookshop in the Southwest! Please join us on 22nd April, 7pm, The Grosvenor Arms Shaftesbury. Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/folde-dorset
Dawn at Sharpham Meadow where my son Felix rests. My memoir #TheGreenHill is out in paperback in April with @wiltonsquare.bsky.social - I’m doing some events with @foldedorset.bsky.social @goodgrieffest.bsky.social and others next month - talking love, landscape and loss - more info in bio
Thank you Jon ! Xx
Thank you @terriwindling.bsky.social
Thrilled to launch the 2nd #DartmoorTorsFestival - celebrating Dartmoor’s nature and culture. We’ve got talks, walks, performances and more .. shorturl.at/8ROTt
@visitdartmoor.bsky.social @dpadartmoor.bsky.social @dartmoorcollective.org @dartmoorac.bsky.social
Quoit questing in West Penwith… a magical megalithic landscape. Pix show outside and inside of Chun Quoit. And a natural rock balance on the cliffs nearby….a pre-echo of these ancient graves ?
Sunday November 2nd
11-3 Moor Imaginations Centre, Buckfastleigh
I’ll be selling Dart Map tea towels etc in aid of SUDEP Action and in memory of our dear Felix who died of SUDEP aged 20. Hope to see you there !
A huge thank you to everyone who's already ordered a copy - it really means the world to us.
All the money raised by the zine goes directly back in to supporting future events, projects and publications promoting the work or artists and photographers working on Dartmoor.
Have a great evening !
Delighted that #TheGreenHill will be out in paperback from @wiltonsquare.bsky.social in April. And you can get 25% off if you pre order by Friday from @waterstones.bsky.social with code OCTOBER25 - link in bio
Emma and Sophie sitting in candlelit St Lawrence chapel telling stories of the moor
An enchanting evening listening to tales of Dartmoor told by Emma Cunis… enjoying not just the stories themselves but exploring why they still resonate with us today. And wonderful to be in such a historic and atmospheric venue - St Lawrence Chapel in Ashburton…whose walls could tell a few tales …
Spent a morning clearing vegetation around one of Dartmoor’s strangest oddities - the Rev Bray’s inscribed stones. 200 years ago he decided to carve poets’ names into boulders in the Cowsic valley. Some of the stones also have lines from the poems and others have Bardic runes….
The coach of bones : one of Dartmoor’s stranger stories .. I’ll be chatting to Emma Cunis about the moor’s many myths and legends at historic St Lawrence Chapel, Ashburton 9/10/25 - do join us! Tickets : dartmoortorsfestival.co.uk/tall-tales-a... @dartmoorcollective.org @visitdartmoor.bsky.social
Great new project : @ourdartmoor.bsky.social
This is coming up next Tuesday here in Chagford: a remarkable evening with one of my favourite people, Alan Weisman (author of World Without Us, Gaviotas, etc.). If you're anywhere near Dartmoor, please come. And please share to help spread the word.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624630...
Thank you Terri!
Dartmoor has many weird and wonderful myths and legends - I’ll be delving into them with Emma Cunis aka Dartmoor’s Daughter - do come and join us 9/10 at atmospheric St Lawrence Chapel, Ashburton 7pm dartmoortorsfestival.co.uk/tall-tales-a...
@visitdartmoor.bsky.social @dartmoorcollective.org