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Summer 2009, Tales from the Toadstools

The Wood of the Whistman

By Alexandra Dawe   Tue, Jun 30, 2009

Wistmans Wood, Devon's oldest woodland is near Tavistock, England. The wood is often referred to as "the most haunted place on Dartmoor", a place not exactly lacking a few ghost stories! The stories claim that after sundown the woods' inhabitants roam the moors; faeries, ghosts, druids, hounds and the devil himself. Locals don't go near the wood after sundown, which sounds very sensible under the circumstances!

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By Alexandra Dawe

Alexandra Dawe

Tales from the Toadstools

Alexandra lives in Hampshire with her lovely husband Pete, a beautiful, impish little faery baby called Megan, and a very grumpy old cat.

She believes in faeries, talks to frogs and collects skeletons, insects and pebbles.

She occasionally gets time to paint in between emails, chores and being a new mum.

“How do I live in the Magic? Through the love and support of my family and friends.


Alexandra has been a member of Enchanted Folk since September 2007

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