Rachel Burch Westcountry Photography
- South West England, Devon
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I’ve lived in and around Dartmoor for twenty odd years now, I know western Dartmoor where I live now fairly well but some parts remain mysteriously unexplored.
I used to be a pro photographer before I became unwell ten years ago and became a wheelchair user.
The illness is really boring with an unpronounceable name, suffice to say I feel dreadful most of the time, and I find it hard to sit up in my wheelchair.
The moor has kept me sane through the last decade, my weekly trips out with my camera have remained a priority. I take most of my photos from my car now so lanes feature a lot, they are photogenic, and to me, part of Dartmoor’s charm.
The moorland animals, cows, sheep and ponies wandering about randomly give this place an unruly charm, and a character of its own. I also write poetry, inspired by the moor’s history and landscape.
Oaks
We have stood ship backed
Against the wind, and the rain
Our roots delve deep in the Devon soil.
Moss, and bird song protect us
We watch, we breath as the sun turns.
Our branches hold a thousand lives
Earthbound we know our songs.
Spinning endlessly under the ancient stars.
Stones of the Western Moors
We were built as a compass to the
Stars and the sun
The moon held us
As the earth turned.
We were raised in wildwood
Times, when fires burned
In hearts above.
Standing still, prayers still
Drip from us,
We hold your knowledge
In the turning of the sun.
Rachel Burch Westcountry Photography
Landscape Photographer with chronic illness, wheelchair user.