Dartmoor

I drove down to a very misty Dartmoor yesterday to attend the Rivenstone festival: this is a small alternative music festival hosted on their property by Carolyn Hillyer and Nigel Shaw, who will be known to some of you for their music, art and workshops. This year featured a forum named Dream the Land, and I went down to read some of Rob Holdstock's work: a considerable honour to be asked, and it was good to represent someone who was my friend and the friend of many of you, I know.

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