Dartmoor News

Paul Rendell started his venture into journalism with a little known typewritten newsletter in 1986. Very few copies now exist of The Dartmoor Wally News which was a precursor of what has now become essential Dartmoor reading. The Dartmoor Wally News ran to twelve issues and finally ended in August 1989. It was to be a two year wait until a sample issue of The Dartmoor Newsletter appeared in April 1991.The accompanying letter read, “It has been suggested that a Dartmoor Newsletter is needed to keep walkers informed of activities that are taking place on the moor”. Paul ends with, “The newsletter will contain up to two double sided A4 sheets, according to information available. It will be published every two months and a year’s subscription will cost £3 including postage. . . If there is no interest your money will be refunded in full.”