Based here she wrote many novels based on Dartmoor life, at a table in 'angel corner' where a small window gave both light and inspiration for her writing. This became known as the 'Dartmoor Window', and her second book was titled 'Through a Dartmoor Window'. She often signed and sold her books to passers by through the window of her home. She started publishing using her real name Katherine Olive Parr and then later under the pseudonym Beatrice Chase. She also adopted the title ‘My Lady of the Moor’ after John Oxenham wrote his novel of the same name in which she was the heroine!
In her book Heart of the Moor she mentions a tor, which she refers to as Dream Tor:
‘The tor’s real name is not of course, Dream Tor, or anything like it. I call it that, because it is my favourite home tor: on it I have seen my sublimest visions, dreamt my divinest dreams. It is not marked upon any Ordnance map, thank heaven, and no tourist ever comes near it from year’s end to year’s end… To the south slope blue Holne Moor, bounded at last by the great shoulder of Brent Tor… North of east were the crouching heads of mighty Hound Tor; due north, the olive and russet slopes of the moor ran to the top stone of Hamildown; to the west lay that finest vista of all, the tract of land between Widecombe and Tavistock, with lordly Bellever standing peerless in its centre…‘.
There are some ideas as to which tor she was referring to here, but in her later book The Dartmoor Window Again she includes a photograph of it which tends to confirm which tor she is describing. To gain the correct coordinates and find the cache answer the following questions:
1. Based on the above how high is 'Dream Tor' in metres? ABC
2. How many stars bowed down to a certain dreamer? DE
3. 'All men dream, but not equally' is a quote from a book with which number in its title? F
4. What 'o'clock alarm would never ring'? G
5. 'All’s well. I dreamt last night of the H weird sisters: To you they have showed some truth.
6. 'I have a dream that my J little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.'
7. Dream A Lie _ _ KM
8. Elbow's Flying Dream NPQ
Using the answers solve the following equation:
N50 BK.QG(P-M)
W003 AF.(J-D)(E+H)(C-N)
The weather on Dartmoor can change suddenly and unexpectedly and ALL types of weather conditions can be experienced. Please ensure that you have the correct clothing and map and compass (and know how to use them). Please do NOT rely solely on your GPS.
I would like to thank the Dartmoor National Park Authority for their kind permission to place this cache, which has been placed according to their geocaching guidelines.
Please replace as found. Thanks.
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