I try to shake off my scepticism and search for paranormal happenings in Wistmans Wood at night. My Twitter: @DartmoorPodcast My Facebook: / thedartmoorpodcast My wild camping books: www.amazon.co....
This was great! I love your narration style: informative, funny, quirky, even poetic at times, and very original... Plus what great subject matter here in Wistmans Wood, such a special place on the moor.
Really enjoyed this (Wistman's is a favorite part of the moor for our family as I am sure it is for others). Like your stick too (I have one very similar that comes on all our walking travels). I shall enjoy watching your other recordings. I often think it would be creepy to camp at Bleak House although it probably isn't at all, I think lots of people camp there. Or Watern Oke amongst the prehistoric ruins.
Just come across your podcasts, really enjoyable and interesting to find out the history of the Moor. I have always enjoyed walking there, fascinating to hear all the folklore. The barking at night, possibly a deer they can sound remarkably like a dog. Thanks for the great content.
I have always felt Scarey Tor lends itself, perhaps in name only, for a Halloween meet up! That was the first place I experienced an adder 'jump' up at me in the long grass and the hiss is memorable to this day. I had to walk back of course, through long grass, in shorts...
The moon, the mysterious mossy trees, the twilight skies and ah - the glorious owl! The poetry of it all... 💜 Also the dachshund rock and the miniature pony centre? All of this joy in one episode? By the way I'm way too intrigued by the miniature pony centre now, haha!
You're surprised nobody mentions Old Crockern in relation the the Hairy Hands, I'm more surprised nobody ever mentions the pubs on the route 🤣 I believe the etymology of the name Wistman is from the Cornish/West Devon dialect word 'wisht' meaning sick or ill and sometimes haunted, and the Cornish word 'men' meaning stone. Sickly (trees) in the stone wood certainly fits for me. As for the bark, if it was a fox it had a sore throat though I wouldn't rule it out. It sounded like a Muntjac to me, I really hope it isn't though. Really well put together and presented (not a) podcast. You'll take off with this format, one I considered, but with my accent wouldn't have pulled off half as well.
Ha! Yes, the pubs would explain a lot... and dads wobbling the wheel to scare the kids in the back might account for some minor accidents, too! I tried a vlogging format at first, but felt I didn't have the confidence or charisma to pull it off, so settled on whatever this is, instead. Thanks for dropping by!
Seems like the Dartmoor Explorer goes from Exeter to Tavistock and back a couple of times a day even on Sunday now... I thought it was too good to be true, too!
Thank you - very kind. And yes, a few hours later would be ideal... especially seeing how marooned you'd be if you missed your return bus! (P.S. it's not a podcast)
@@thedartmoorpodcast Many years ago I got off this bus late in Sept and asked when the next one was. "June" came the reply. The resultant walk was long but not as long as the wait.
Good shout on the Chagford bus - that actually looks like quite a useful route. (By the way, I hope I didn't seem like I was rudely correcting you there - I just feel the need to make the 'not a podcast' joke relentlessly!)
