Fun in Dartmoor

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(17 December 2012, 17:31)bigpaul Wrote:

(17 December 2012, 16:51)Scythe13 Wrote: Not being from the area, I wasn't sure how people referred to Dartmoor. I wouldn't say, I was ON Bristol or ON Taunton. So I just assumed it was 'in' Dartmoor. I still don't know whether Dartmoor is the moors or not. Help with that would make me sound much more knowledgeable.

yes, Dartmoor IS the moors, thats why its called Dart MOOR! its a place not a city or a town, therefore you are on it not in it.

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sorry, its just that i hate it when someone from, say, the midlands says their going UP to Devon when their actually going DOWN (as in North is UP and South is DOWN), i've spent most of my life with Dartmoor on the doorstep, in fact i lived on Dartmoor in a tin miners cottage for a couple of years( rented-not owned, or i'd still be living there now!) and even now the Moors are only a short drive away.

Well I've never heard anyone from around here (the Midlands) saying 'up to Devon' unless of course they were from the various 'working canal boat families' who because of their working historical lifestyle and environment called anything south 'UP' and anything up North 'DOWN'.

Very nice write up S13.