Please note the change of start time to 11am - changed to fit the train times to Ivybridge for everyone wanting to travel by public transport. Train from Plymouth arrives 11.04am. Train from Exeter arrives 11.16am - please let us know if you will be arriving from Exeter.
A walk up on to Harford Moor from Ivybridge Railway station car park. This walk is about 2.5 miles (total up to 5 miles) on a gentle but stony or boggy incline that reaches the peak at Hangershell, where we will provide a drink and cake, and an opportunity to have a picnic. You don’t need to do the whole walk , and can turn back when you have had your fill.
Our guides will show us how the landscape has been formed. As we walk we will look for mosses that were the first plants on land 450m years ago. There will be stories of sphagnum moss, peat and carbon and climate change.
From commons to enclosed land, Dartmoor holds a long human history going back thousands of years still visible in the landscape. It also has pressure to grow food, provide leisure activities and an economy that keeps it all going. There will be people on hand to tell us more. There will be a farmer helping to guide us through the checks and balances that are chosen.
At the top there will be a chance to work with felted fleece, to plant sphagnum nests and to contemplate the carbon and energy in the view. The peatland formed around the oldest mountains on the planet through to the newest wind turbines and solar panels.
You can bring your own magic and art materials if you wish and share your ways of making in Dartmoor.
All welcome to join us.
Meet at Ivybridge railway station car park - free parking here for the duration of our event.
