Monday 21 January 2008

Earth Pilgrim: Dartmoor - an inspiration....

At the weekend we watched the BBC's Earth pilgrim: A year on Dartmoor.
Not only was it a beautiful vision of the landscape of the Dartmoor you pass on the way to Tredarrup but, as was intended, Satish Kumar took you on a spiritual journey into the landscape. A world-renowned ecologist, former Jain monk and pilgrim for peace, through changing seasons, Satish walks the moor and explores ancient woods and rivers, which are home to a wealth of wildlife including red deer, emperor moths, starling roosts, kestrels and foxes. His meditations on the natural world are lyrical, uplifting and timely. And he left us with this thought for our future:
"we must become the change we want to see, in the world" Mahatma Gandhi

If you missed it you can watch again via the BBC website's i>Player
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?q=earth+pilgrim&go=Find+Programmes

Saturday 19 January 2008

Happy New Year.....

My first entry for 2008...and one that purely shows the beauty of the mornings, at Tredarrup, at this time of year. Pink skies and the buzz of our visiting starlings. We have woken up many a morning to a sky that glows pink as the sun comes up across the valley to the sound of the flocks of starlings that chatter in our trees and then woosh away across the fields like a moving cloud ( if you ever saw the Bill Oddie clip you'll know what I mean!)...winter magic. Happy 2008.