Jane & Jon

Walking, grow your own, permaculture, writing, nature, folk music, local history. Sociologist @JaneElliott66 Historian @JonHistorian both @UniofExeter

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Crisp, cold frosty dawn....the calm before the #storm? #Dartmoor

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

This is our sixth summer in our lovely corner of west #Devon and at last we’ve seen as well as heard a spotted flycatcher in our garden. Thanks to the Merlin bird recognition app for helping us pin it down. And not mowing much! Wood warbler next?

[Tim Dee @TimDee4]

I take today to be pretty much the end of spring (though in Greenery I steal a few July days in the Norwegian north to finish my story); that means the autumn is upon us. I wanted to love this spring much more than I did. Is the time out of joint or am I just a man in fall now?

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Just spent 15 minutes sitting with a coffee and this free app helped me hear 24 bird species - I’ll need to check its right about Firecrest and Spotted Flycatcher but they’re both on our list of possibles for our corner of lovely #Devon - it’s SO good I’ve learned a lot in days

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Welcome to west #Devon - first thing I saw today as I put the kettle on this morning was this fledgling baby Tawny owl flattening a viburnum with its weight. We can only hope it makes it over the coming weeks to add to the thriving local population

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

It’s great to see this magnificent magnolia coming into bloom overlooking #Chagford and the River Teign - should be safe from frosts now. Big thank you to past gardeners

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Good bird day in west #Devon - tree creeper from the kitchen window and then a dippers by bridge at confluence of north and south Teign. Will they breed?

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

@mudcakesandwine Yes - definitely tree heather but I’m not sure which - we have a veitchii that’s similar- quite a few here in the west

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Chilli futures- at last the first seedlings have popped up from my high risk January sowing (its hard on Dartmoor) 2 padrons and a bullet

[Laura Carter @carter740]

Congratulations to my PhD buddy Hannah on the publication of this very exciting new book 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Just planting out some Rowan saplings and taken a breather beneath this stunning #magnolia - first time it’s flowered properly since 2019 - we need some signs of #hope

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Trouble in #chagford - they’re too clever for cattle grids

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Perfect rainbow over Murchington #Dartmoor - good omen for the day?

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Just finished clearing a massive horse chestnut branch from the path. One spike was buried 50cm into the earth. Pretty clear what the lesson is for winter #storms - play poker

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Another beautiful evening moon over #Dartmoor - i wonder if the tortoise tree is trying to reach it?

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

I just signed a @thegreenparty petition to support the amendments that give us an Environment Bill that will deliver what's urgently needed for people and nature. Sign here:https://t.co/jQUjgyT4vT

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

What a lovely photo - looking forward to walking on Exmoor in the future

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Good luck to everyone participating in the #Throwleigh Fete this afternoon - and here are some historic accounts of August in Throwleigh #Dartmoor #Devon https://t.co/WHv4tSP6we

[Albert @OwdAlbert]

The Biggest Ship in the World, Swan Hunter, Wallsend, May 2nd 1969 By Phil George. Phil's paintings are always full of life and colour, they're lovely things to see. I believe this one was sold at the @clarkart gallery who represent the artist 👍

[NorthDevonNT @NorthDevonNT]

We're very excited that from tomorrow #Watersmeet will be reopen.
The access road proved very difficult to fix but from tomorrow cream teas, light lunches and cakes are back 5 days a week (the tea-room will be closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays).

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

@chrissiepebbles @ryanjean77 They were very clear about the importance of following LNT principles - and about the ecological as well as legal reasons not to make open fires _in the wild_. They aren't a bunch of amateurs.

[Jane & Jon @edgeofthemoor]

Having a #Dartmoor #staycation and we finally managed to go wild camping thanks mainly to the inspiring course led by Charlie Loram and Emily Fawcett of the Old Way programme last weekend - https://t.co/chDAbPR89q - think we may have caught the bug