‘Not much can prepare you’
Erin Blackin Ottery St Mary Nigel Fowler The origins of the event have been lost to history A rural town hosts one of the most “exhilarating” annual events in the country where local people run through crowd-lined streets with flaming…
Smooth snakes thriving after slithering into Devon heathland
Wildlife volunteers are celebrating the successful reintroduction of smooth snakes. A project to reintroduce the non-venomous species in Pebblebed Heaths in east Devon has seen numbers consistently hit new highs since 2023, with 39 sightings recorded last year, the Royal…