Dartmoor & Exmoor Low Carbon Festival 2010

Dartmoor and Exmoor Low Carbon Festival 2010, 06 – 10 October – Exmoor, 09 – 10 October – Dartmoor, Family fun days, a food festival, an eco-fashion event, a variety of guided walks and tours plus a series offree community events are on offer at this year’s Low Carbon Festival on Exmoor and Dartmoor. The Festival follows on from the success of the inaugural Dartmoor and Exmoor Low Carbon Festival in 2009. A series of free events and guided tours across both National Parks will highlight what measures are being taken to reduce carbon emissions and how we can adapt to the ever growing pressures on our resources.

Drake’s Trail is almost complete

According to the Tavistock Times Gazette, the plans to build The Gem Bridge across the River Walkham at Grenofen has been given consent by Dartmoor National Park. This means that the 26 kms trail which is part of the National Cycle Network and links Tavistock to Plymouth is complete bar one kilometre stretch. Great news for all trail lovers, especially cyclists.

Mosaic go for a World Record for tree planting..

Young people from the Youth Open Space International Club teamed up with the Dartmoor National Park Authority, and groups throughout the UK, to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the ‘Greatest number of trees planted in a single hour’ during National Tree Week.