From conservation to cists; in conversation with Dartmoor Paul

Paul's affectionately known as Dartmoor Paul by many, and is nothing short of a living institution on the moors.

As well as a full-time guide, he's the editor of Dartmoor News, which he founded, and author of four Dartmoor related books, and he has years of experience working in conservation on the moors.

He's also heavily involved in letterboxing and has a fantastic collection of spooky tales in Dartmoor.

I couldn't really decide what to talk to him about today, so we're gonna talk a bit about all of it.

[laughs]

So thanks for joining me today, Paul.

That's all right.

Um-

Pleased to be here.

Yeah, so nice to be here.

And for those listening, we were gonna walk and talk, but it's actually quite gusty, so we found a little hollow just behind Bonehill Rocks.

So we're kind of sat down there sheltering from the wind, which is actually quite a nice place-

Yeah [laughs]

... to be, isn't it?

It is a nice place to be.

[laughs] With a-

Yeah

... great view of the tor.

[laughs]

But I don't call it Bonehill Rocks.

Do you not?

It's Bonehill Tor.

Bonehill Tor.

Okay.

It's bigger than rocks.