Journal — Dartmoor

Rowan berries once reddened in September. In 2026, by mid-July. A record of shifting baselines, and the trees that keep no record of their own.

A tor is a rocky outcrop. It's not necessarily the peak of a hill, but often it is. Usually, the name of the tor becomes synonymous with the name of the hill. You can, however, have multiple tors on one hill.Shortly before moving to Dartmoor, I read Quartz and Feldspar by Matthew Kelly. It introduced me to the controversies that make this place weird and wonderful, and got me absolutely hooked on books about Dartmoor. From major publishers, to the world's sweetest self-published pamphlets, I'm an absolute sucker for it.The more I read, the more I realised the official ordnance...