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    A moorland mystery

    Sep 01, 2021 2 minutes
    Fiona Reynolds

    DARTMOOR is an enigmatic place of much beauty and many contrasts. The huge, tor-laden bulk of the granite moors is the popular image, but the fringes are ineffably joyful: deep, lush valleys occupied by tumbling streams, heavy stone bridges and buildings; damp woodlands linked by tiny sunken lanes.

    We are staying at Lettaford, in a former non-conformist chapel. This makes me comfortable, recalling my Methodist

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