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Out for a potter this evening, I could hear a stag up in the woods on the opposite side of the river valley "bolving" as we call it here on the moor. Decided that I would try having a conversation with him, and started bolving back at him. He answered me several times, and seemed to be trying...

In an ideal world, yes, I agree, but as I said before, we have to work with what we have, and set a precedent first. Landowners have money to spare, we don't.

That would be an ideal, but we have to work with what we have, and hopefully build on it in the future. If we can get the law on the people's side for dartmoor, then perhaps we have a precedent for the future in other areas . If we are complacent, then we lose everything, as, if this...

That's very generous. We'll done and thank you.

For those who could not go on the dartmoor protest walk last Sunday, but wish to help and see common sense prevail. Dartmoor Preservation Association. Just Giving Appeal. Save Dartmoor Backpack Camping. Still short of target to cover legal fees. Donations to help save our heritage and...

If you are worried about poor little pine Martins, - a native species being reintroduced in areas where they once were,... Just wait untill they bring woolly mammoths back. Yes the science buffs are seriously considering it and are keen to do so. Was listening to inside science today, and some...

I live on the Somerset Devon border. My weather app says windspeed of 10km per hour. I'm not gonna worry just yet.

I didn't realise you were living in florida..I will pray for your safety, if you can't evacuate, move to higher ground, and take cover, we will send relief parcels if you need them.! ;) Actualy ,joking aside, it's not a great moment to have a mistake like that is it?

The guy is arguing that the law only allows you to walk or ride across the land and that even stopping to have a picnic is illegal and trespassing. Delusional that an incomer can dictate to the populace, and try to nulify hundreds of years of land use history Money talks eh? Hopefully the judge...

Bit of road flooding around here too, yesterday, though thankfully not from rivers overtopping, still time for that as the ground is sodden . One tree down blocking the road, luckily there was an available detour, and it was soon cleared. Brighter and calmer today, even the odd 30 second...

So I gotta buy a hammer drill too? I think I'll have to get an odd job man. Thought this would be a simple, cheap thing to do. Just occasionally I miss a man about the place! Though I'm getting pretty good at doing simple things.....like the u bend. I don't have a hammer drill, just a bit and...

Oh, and I bought a huge framed mirror from the charity shop for £25 that I intend to hang in the living room to help reflect more light into the room as it's such a dark room. It needs a new wire on the back and can anyone recommend a secure fixing hook that goes into a brick chimney wall above...

It's been orrible wet today, so figured on getting a few repair jobs done, if I wait for the h/a to do them it could be months, so fixed the u bed under the kitchen sink that was leaking badly. Repainted the hall entrance where paint had been knocked off the wall by the last lot of workmen(they...

A few years ago, wandering around ikea, I saw they did free standing hammock stands. I'd have got one if my garden wasn't such a slope, which means your head is six inches off the ground, butt is on the floor and feet are six feet in the air(well about 3 feet realy, but it feels like it!) Might...

Try putting something over the top to stop stuff flying out. I have a tall jug which I use a circle of paper with a slit to be able to wrap around the blitzer and down the side of the jug, which I hold in place (or you could use a rubber band) and with a rough circle cut to accommodate the...

I have a wheat intolerance, so bread isn't a worry for me. I stock up on rice cakes and oatcakes, plus gluten free crisp breads. I can tolerate a couple of ryveta now and then as they are mostly rye, and they actualy make a good base for eggs or beans on toast. Handy to stock up on as an...

That's a good point. I'm looking at the ex hurricanes coming over from the states towards us. They have been horrific for those in the path, completely destroying many communities, and florida is about to get totaly whammed in the next one that is about to hit, I think we are in for some rough...

Just this week, repaired a boot zip that did that. Try some long nosed pliers, and gently squeeze the rear of the slider together. Not too much, a bit at a time, untill it sits level on the zip again. Keep testing untill it meshes correctly without pulling apart. You don't want it too tight...

Been in a similar place myself. I had one of those portable gas fires as my only heating. Hell of a slog getting the full gas cylinder from the garage to my flat (had to carry it over 1 mile each way, coming home with a full one was excruciating for a little lass!) Then up 3 flights of stairs...

Fancy that for myself!!!!!