Some years ago, my wife and I did a six-mile walk around Horrabridge, near Tavistock, close to the Southwestern corner of Dartmoor, a pleasant but unremarkable walk. I recently dived into the infuriatingly incomplete Commons Register to draw up a list of Devon commons to visit, with an eye on the unusual. It just soContinue reading “The slipperiness of water: six commons near Tavistock”
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Great Torrington’s Commons
Great Torrington’s commons are huge (365 acres), varied (meadow, parkland, wood, golf course, wet scrub, river bank) and almost entirely circle this ancient, small town. Where do I even begin with them? First, it’s worth testing out what I now know about common land with what I found on the commons register. Here, it saysContinue reading “Great Torrington’s Commons”
Corfe’s Town Commons – and Project Pragmatics
Corfe Castle is just about do-able in a day trip from Exeter, at least in the summer of a pandemic which has spilled more caravans and motorhomes than usual onto Dorset’s narrow, winding A-roads. I’d several reasons for visiting: first, it’s incredibly famous and I’d never been; second, I’m dipping my toe in the waterContinue reading “Corfe’s Town Commons – and Project Pragmatics”
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