Erosion
Dartmoor whispers its secrets to Elizabeth Wainwright. Dartmoor has kept its secrets, and so have I. In the 1990s, a...
19th March 2022
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Walking the River Dart: Part 6
Despite the dangers posed by roads, basking adders and falling pinecones, Katherine Venn completes the last leg of her Alice...6th June 2020
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Walking the River Dart: Part 5
Katherine Venn continues her Alice Oswald-inspired walk along the River Dart, crossing paths with lichen, hollyhock, and a nineteenth-century folly. The...2nd May 2020
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Walking the River Dart: Part 4
In Part 4 of her Alice Oswald-inspired walk along the Dart, Katherine Venn enjoys stained glass, a physic garden, a...27th January 2020
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Walking the River Dart: Part 3
Katherine Venn continues her Alice Oswald-inspired walk following the River Dart from source to sea, this time encountering lost paths,...7th December 2019
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Walking the River Dart: Part 2
Wet socks, bivvy bags and going off-piste: inspired by Alice Oswald, Katherine Venn continues her solo journey following the River...5th November 2019
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Walking the River Dart
We recently got a lovely message from old friend of the site Katherine Venn. 'A couple of weeks ago I...5th October 2019
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Wistman’s Wood
Malcolm Anderson explores one of Dartmoor's three ancient high-altitude oakwoods As we leave the carpark at Two Bridges, the fog is...25th February 2019
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Nick's Pics
Nick Small captures the early morning magic of the River Dart. The vagaries of our weather can make filming the...15th December 2018
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Going Back
Kevin Parr shares recollections of childhood Dartmoor swims as he introduces the latest Fallon's Angler film, shot on the River...18th March 2018
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Newsletter Competition - Wild Swimming Walks
Our newsletter competition prize this week is the beautiful Wild Swimming Walks: Dartmoor and South Devon. With cover art by...27th April 2016
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Shadows and Reflections - Alex Smith
Shadows and Reflections: the annual collection of postings where Caught by the River’s ever-reliable contributors and friends old and new...28th December 2014
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On Drama
Sarah Thomas grew up in Kenya and recently spent two years living in in a rural sheep farming community in...17th August 2014
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Theo Brown and the Folklore of Dartmoor
Words by Ian Humberstone Dartmoor is one of the last true wildernesses in England, a vast, sprawling expanse of hills...9th June 2014
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Cold Blood: Adventures with reptiles and amphibians
By Richard Kerridge (Chatto & Windus, hardcover, out now) Extract from Chapter One, Palmate Newt: It started with a golden...12th May 2014
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A Postcard From Dartmoor
Words & pictures from West Country correspondent Alex Smith. South from Widecombe in the mizzle. We haven’t been out for...8th October 2013
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A Postcard From Dartmoor
Words & pictures from West Country correspondent Mr. Alex Smith. The Ted Hughes Memorial Stone It’s been here a good...26th January 2013
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A Postcard From Dartmoor
Tavy Cleave from Bagga Tor with Baggator Farm in foreground Words & pictures from West Country correspondent Mr. Alex Smith....4th September 2012