I have never visited Tavistock or Dartmoor National Park. Well, I must retract that statement as, in a way I have certainly visitied that wonderfully beautiful and rather misty(at times) part of Southwest England, vicariously through viewing the photos of my friend Robert Louis Pells. Bob and I exchange digital photos of our two environments: Southwest England and Southern California. I suppose this will be more of a photo-journal than a written description, but both of us 'reserve the right' to emote, compose and write prose and any other form of writing that we might decide to use to describe the beauty of the region. Thanks to Bob for his fine photos and descriptions. This is truly an "across the seas" venture as we continue to work on this page together. I would also like to invite you to visit my personal web page, Mr. T's Teaching and Travel Page.
Bob Townsend, October, 1999, California
"Dartmoor National Park covers 368 square miles and lies to the north of the city of Plymouth, in the heart of Devon. Today it mainly consists of two high, boggy plateaux divided by the River Dart and its tributaries, but many millions of years ago it was part of a sea floor containing volcanic islands. Coral reefs formed and eventually these became the limestone outcrops. About 290 million years ago the land folded, forming a mountain range beneath which lay the large masses of molten granite that pushed up to form tors that are so characteristic of Dartmoor(Tor is the Celtic word for tower). Their strange shapes have evolved through thousands of years of weathering."
The bridge was used as a railway bridge to transport the granite that was quarried here on the tor at the turn of the century. The rails have long been removed, but the workmanship was very good.
Ardmore: A Monastic Settlement in Ireland
Bob Pells' Photos of Plymouth England
Visit Ballymaloe Cookery School, Co. Cork Ireland
Visit Santa Barbara, California
