Sophie Pierce
Author: The Green Hill, a memoir about the sudden death of my son Felix. Rock Idols, a guide to Dartmoor in 28 tors; various wild swimming guides.
Co-organiser, Dartmoor Tors Festival 23-25 May 2025
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- Quoit questing in West Penwith… a magical megalithic landscape. Pix show outside and inside of Chun Quoit. And a natural rock balance on the cliffs nearby….a pre-echo of these ancient graves ?
- Sunday November 2nd 11-3 Moor Imaginations Centre, Buckfastleigh I’ll be selling Dart Map tea towels etc in aid of SUDEP Action and in memory of our dear Felix who died of SUDEP aged 20. Hope to see you there !
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- Delighted that #TheGreenHill will be out in paperback from @wiltonsquare.bsky.social in April. And you can get 25% off if you pre order by Friday from @waterstones.bsky.social with code OCTOBER25 - link in bio
- An enchanting evening listening to tales of Dartmoor told by Emma Cunis… enjoying not just the stories themselves but exploring why they still resonate with us today. And wonderful to be in such a historic and atmospheric venue - St Lawrence Chapel in Ashburton…whose walls could tell a few tales …
- Spent a morning clearing vegetation around one of Dartmoor’s strangest oddities - the Rev Bray’s inscribed stones. 200 years ago he decided to carve poets’ names into boulders in the Cowsic valley. Some of the stones also have lines from the poems and others have Bardic runes….
- The coach of bones : one of Dartmoor’s stranger stories .. I’ll be chatting to Emma Cunis about the moor’s many myths and legends at historic St Lawrence Chapel, Ashburton 9/10/25 - do join us! Tickets : dartmoortorsfestival.co.uk/tall-tales-a... @dartmoorcollective.org @visitdartmoor.bsky.social
- Great new project : @ourdartmoor.bsky.social
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- Dartmoor has many weird and wonderful myths and legends - I’ll be delving into them with Emma Cunis aka Dartmoor’s Daughter - do come and join us 9/10 at atmospheric St Lawrence Chapel, Ashburton 7pm dartmoortorsfestival.co.uk/tall-tales-a... @visitdartmoor.bsky.social @dartmoorcollective.org
- Huge congratulations @guyshrubsole.bsky.social ! Your tireless and meticulous research as well as brilliant writing is creating real social change .
- Absolutely delighted that my book THE LIE OF THE LAND has won the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing! This week, one of the book’s recommendations, a ban on moorland burning, became a reality. Next, we need a Nature Bill for England… bsky.app/profile/wain...
- A 5 hour swim/scramble down the Dart from Buckfast to Staverton. It’s the only way to see the river as both banks on this stretch are private. Now rather tired ….,
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- This Sat - 5 July at 11am at Bude Methodist Church join Matt and I for swimming stories and amazing images of swim locations across the West Country - and after for a dip at Bude Sea Pool … @tessread.bsky.social @outdoorswimmer.com
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- More salt bath than salt path....Matt Newbury and I will be recalling our aquatice adventures in upcoming talks.. we'll be in Bude 5/7/25 (and swimming at #BudeSeaPool of course). The next day we'll be in Fowey - venue TBA. Tix shorturl.at/pjNoM @outdoorswimmer.com @tessread.bsky.social
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- The banner’s up… the #DartmoorTorsFestival starts today! Lots to enjoy inc talks with writers, archaeologists, artists incl @lisaschneidau.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social , @lewis-winks.bsky.social and walks shorturl.at/Oomce
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- This weekend the #DartmoorTorsFestival will explore and celebrate #Dartmoor - with talks and walks with fascinating people incl @lisaschneidau.bsky.social @lewis-winks.bsky.social @campaignerkate.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social - thanks BBC for coverage .
- The Supreme Court will rule on the Dartmoor #wildcamping case 21/5 - key players will be at #DartmoorTorsFestival this Sat, incl @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @campaignerkate.bsky.social @lewis-winks.bsky.social Tix: shorturl.at/ebGva @righttoroam.bsky.social @paulpowlesland.bsky.social
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- “A very good new book” - thanks @johnharris1969.bsky.social for your review of #RockIdols in your very interesting substack post .
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- The culture, history and people of Dartmoor will be celebrated at the first #DartmoorTorsFestival 23-26 May - with artists, writers, musicians historians, archaeologists, campaigners and more, including @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @lewis-winks.bsky.social @campaignerkate.bsky.social shorturl.at/Tv5LP
- Coffin conversations with coffin cakes. Sat 10 May, St Andrews Church Hall, Ashburton, Devon. It’s the chance to talk about death and dying in a warm and kind atmosphere - more info here www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/coffin-...
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- I’ll be doing an illustrated talk about Dartmoor this Sat, 26 April at the Parish Rooms in Tavistock, showing new drawings of the tors and exploring the moor’s geology, mythology +more. Tix on sale at Bookstop Tavistock and online (link in bio) @visitdartmoor.bsky.social @dpadartmoor.bsky.social
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- Really looking forward to this ! If you’re in London on 22 April do come and join us at the wonderful @stanfordstravel.bsky.social
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- Archaeoastronomer Carolyn Kennett will be leading a dawn walk to the Merrivale prehistoric stone row as part of the Dartmoor Tors Festival. It’s on 26/5/25 . She’s an expert on the stones’ relationship to the land, skies and celestial alignments . More on the festival website . (Link in bio )
- TODAY! Sun 6 April 1130 - at DNP Visitor Centre, Princetown #Dartmoor - free illustrated talk - hope to see you there . It’s a beautiful day, maybe combine with a walk and pub lunch ?
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- All welcome at a free illustrated talk I’m giving with Alex Murdin at DNP Visitor Centre at Princetown Sun 6 April 1130am - to coincide with an exhibition of drawings of the tors from our new book Rock Idols: a guide to Dartmoor in 28 tors. @visitdartmoor.bsky.social @visitdevon.bsky.social
- Been setting up a show about #RockIdols at the DNP Visitor Centre in Princetown. Opens 1/4/25 - come and see drawings from the book. And we’re doing a free illustrated talk on 6/4/25 at 11:30 - come along and combine with a Dartmoor walk and/or pub lunch! @visitdartmoor.bsky.social
- Old Crockern, rising up to defend Dartmoor… we’ll be hearing from some fascinating speakers at the Dartmoor Tors Festival including @guyshrubsole.bsky.social from @righttoroam.bsky.social , @campaignerkate.bsky.social , @lewis-winks.bsky.social @matthewjkelly.bsky.social -24/5/25 see link in bio
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- Looking forward to interviewing @thejeremyvine.bsky.social who just hours ago was spotted lurking on the cliffs near Burgh Island… what could he be planning ?
- Such a wonderful evening having a little party at Field System Gallery in Ashburton to celebrate launch of #RockIdols - the “tor” kicks off in coming days hope to see you there! www.sophiepierce.co.uk/news/
- Really looking forward to this illustrated talk in #Exeter where I’ll be talking all things #Dartmoor with Alex Murdin .. Also showing some rarely seen Victorian etchings of the moor… 7pm 4/4/25 Mint Methodist Church. Tix here shorturl.at/vRDME @steveracemp.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
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- These people mark the site of Dartmoor’s “newest” stone circle, recently discovered by Alan Endacott who will be leading a walk showing some of his latest finds at the #DartmoorTorsFestival in May. Info and tix on our website (in bio) @visitdartmoor.bsky.social @intarcheditor.bsky.social
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- Do come and find out more about Dartmoor’s traditions, tales, and tors - I’m doing a series of illustrated talks about #RockIdols in coming weeks …see link in bio. Also showing some fascinating Victorian drawings. @visitdartmoor.bsky.social @dartmoorcollective.org @dpadartmoor.bsky.social
- Part of a recumbent stone row at Cut Hill, one of Dartmoor's remotest sites. In 2021, a large kistvaen was discovered nearby. It was excavated in 2024. The findings will be revealed in a special talk by DNP archaeologists at the Dartmoor Tors Festival wegottickets.com/event/651686
