Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln
Snow sticking to the trees near Yelverton Devon
Snow sticking to the trees near Yelverton Devon
 Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb towards it. Edmund Hillary
Sheepstor last weekend .....alot of snow in places !  Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall
Snowy Dartmoor .  We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. Robert Louis Stevenson
Granite outcrop on dartmoor  True teachers use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own. Nikos Kazantzakis
The ancient clapper bridge at Postbridge . The highest on dartmoor in case of flooding .  I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time. John Dyer
Wheal Coates , Cornwall ....Poldark Country .  I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this. John Dyer
Mining Heritage in Cornwall on the North Coast  Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory? Charles de Lint
The impressive church on Brentor on Dartmoor , Devon  I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more. Anne Frank
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