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Spookdaddy Cuckoo Joined: 24 May 2006 Total posts: 3924 Location: Midwich Gender: Unknown |
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| Of course no visit to Fawltean Devon is complete without a visit to the Gleneagles Hotel. |
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| Ffalstaf Great Old One Joined: 01 Apr 2009 Total posts: 161 Location: Blue Mountains, NSW Gender: Male |
| Posted: 09-04-2009 22:19 Post subject: |
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| rynner2 wrote: |
Unusual view - must have been taken from a helicopter! |
Doesn't Devon have a Transcendental Meditation Centre? |
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| stuneville Administrator
Joined: 09 Mar 2002 Total posts: 10230 Location: FTMB HQ Age: 46 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 10-04-2009 08:43 Post subject: |
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| Blinko_Glick wrote: | | ..Thanks for the welcome Stu, you may remember me in a former life as Quicksilver (before the forum got all red taped & uneccessary). |
Possibly the most apt phrase to describe the present board. Fort knows, we've tried to get it simplified, let non-members view it, etc, but no. Combo of TPTB that don't give a toss coupled with the world's wankiest hosting company, that couldn't find it's own...(cot'd p94)
| Blinko_Glick wrote: | You use the word 'enchanted' well.
In fact, for me Devon itself holds a particular kind of 'feel' that no other county does. |
Definitely go along with that - that said, I think most counties, particularly old, geographically sensible ones (ie not the product of 1970-onward, camel-designed-by-a-committee gerrymandering idiocies) have their own distinct atmosphere: worth punting that perhaps that had something to do with the location of the boundaries, which can seem otherwise oddly arbitrary in some cases?
| Blinko_Glick wrote: | ..Crazy Well pool, not far from Burrator Reservoir is an odd water filled hole on the moor. The water level varies very little during the year, in fact they used to drain water from it to assist in the granite mining, with no discernable drop in water level occuring.
There are tales saying that it's bottomless.
There's a legend that says if you camp overnight you'll see a monster rising from the pool. You will invariably die the next day or soon after. |
Ah - I'd heard of that, but didn't know the name. Ta muchly  . | Spookdaddy wrote: | | Of course no visit to Fawltean Devon is complete without a visit to the Gleneagles Hotel. |
I've really got to go, one day. Shame the inspiration himself is long gone  . |
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| jeff544 Great Old One Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Total posts: 285 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 17-04-2009 15:31 Post subject: |
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| stuneville wrote: |
I also think Lydford Gorge feels somehow... oh god, I'll have to say enchanted (hate the word, but there's no other way of describing it.) Tangible nature, mischievous, busy but entirely benevolent. |
I agree. Lydford Gorge is truly beautiful and seems so isolated from the 'outside world' but in a good way.
I have just remembered a weird thing that happened about 10 years ago on one of our regular holidays to North Devon -(I try not to tell many people how lovely North Devon is in case they go there & spoil it  )
We were driving on the main road to Bideford from Gt Torrington and saw a sign for 'cream teas next left' the sign looked old but I don't remember seeing it before, but we were actually looking for somewhere to have food & drink. So we followed the sign up a hill and eventually to a big old house that looks like it may have been a hotel once. We had possibly the best and biggest cream tea ever. There were fresh strawberries for the kids and afterwards we went for a sort of nature ramble that was laid out in the grounds. what a lovely afternoon. There seemed to be 2 middle aged ladies running the place, possibly sisters, who were friendly but not overly, and reserved at the same time. What made it even nicer was that we appeared to be the only customers. We did not go to Devon for 2 years after this, but on our return tried to find this place. Guess what - we tried and tried but could not find it. Even the road seemed different. we tried other left turns from the main road but to this day have not found it. It may have been knocked down in the 2 yeas we did not go there, if so it is a shame. It would have been near Weare Giffard but on the other side of the main road. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17933 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 01-07-2010 14:19 Post subject: |
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Maybe this qualifies? Smooth snake with Devon cream? Vid at link.
| Quote: | Devon Smooth snake re-introduction 'successful'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/devon/10475149.stm
Smooth snake The Smooth snake was last recorded in Devon in the 1950s
A project to reintroduce Smooth snakes to Devon has been successful, according to conservationists.
Last July, the reptiles were taken from Dorset to restored RSPB heathland in Devon after a 50-year absence.
Nick Moulton, from Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, said: "It's gone pretty well, it's been a cold winter and extremely hot summer."
He said: "We know the animals have successfully hibernated and initially it looks really good."
Mr Moulton said it was now a "question of time to see if the animals can breed".
Continue reading the main story
We don't want to put snakes back into places where they will just decline again
Dr Chris Reading UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
The RSPB monitors the restored heathland, which provides the non-venomous snakes with the correct food as well as warmth and areas for them to bask in the sun.
Dr Chris Reading, from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, said: "The big thing that we have to be careful about is relocating snakes to an area where they once were.
"We don't want to put snakes back into places where they will just decline again."
The secretive reptile was last recorded in Devon in the 1950s, but disappeared after the loss of its natural habitat.
Wildlife resurgence
Conservationists are moving more Smooth snakes from Dorset to Devon this summer to boost the numbers on the heathland.
Prior to the project, the snakes were only found on lowland heaths in Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset, and due to the snakes not being very mobile they did not naturally re-colonise isolated heath sites.
The restored heathland has also led to a resurgence of other wildlife including Dartford warblers, nightjars and silver studded blue butterflies. |
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