Commons Stories is a collection of stories from four upland common regions across England: Dartmoor, the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and the Shropshire Hills.
You’ll find written and photographic portraits of people, short videos, audio clips, and reflections on events through the year, as well as reflections on some of the challenges of building sustainable futures for people and landscape in these special places.
The collection is put together by somewhere nowhere duo, writer Harriet Fraser and photographer Rob Fraser, with contributions from commoners using GoPro cameras to capture snippets of their day-to-day lives on the farm and in the hills.
April 19 - September 8th, 2024
There are an estimated 33,000 miles of hedges in Dartmoor, which can offer wildlife shelters and corridors, as well as crucial field boundaries. Harriet and Rob meet Jeremy Weiss, who leads a course in hedgelaying as part of the Our Upland Commons project, and find out more about the benefits of a well-laid hedge for hedges, people and wildlife.
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