Flying the flags in Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor
On the long journey down to our holiday home in Cornwall we usually look forward to getting off the motorway and spending some time enjoying the beautiful scenery on Dartmoor. From Exeter we normally drive up the winding B3212 that takes us through the foothills of Dartmoor up to the beautiful little town of Moretonhampstead on its eastern edge. I wish I could say that they had put the flags out for us, but in fact this was the town's annual Flag Festival.
This began in 2011 when two local artists, with funding support from Dartmoor National Park's Sustainable Development Fund, established a group of interested participants. In the first year, between them they made over forty flags in open-access community workshops. Each winter they repeat the exercise, flags are repaired and new ones made to add to the collection. The growing community of flag makers take pride in seeing their work transform the town into an open-air gallery for visitors and residents to enjoy. Sewn from fabric salvaged from thrown away festival-goer's tents, and off-cuts from the Cameron Balloon Factory in Bristol, each flag tells a unique story relating to the landscape, local business, personal interest, or connection to the town and surrounding moorland. The flagpoles are harvested and made locally from a sustainable woodland. The Flag Festival took place in June.
Source: Wikipedia
Flying the flags in Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor
On the long journey down to our holiday home in Cornwall we usually look forward to getting off the motorway and spending some time enjoying the beautiful scenery on Dartmoor. From Exeter we normally drive up the winding B3212 that takes us through the foothills of Dartmoor up to the beautiful little town of Moretonhampstead on its eastern edge. I wish I could say that they had put the flags out for us, but in fact this was the town's annual Flag Festival.
This began in 2011 when two local artists, with funding support from Dartmoor National Park's Sustainable Development Fund, established a group of interested participants. In the first year, between them they made over forty flags in open-access community workshops. Each winter they repeat the exercise, flags are repaired and new ones made to add to the collection. The growing community of flag makers take pride in seeing their work transform the town into an open-air gallery for visitors and residents to enjoy. Sewn from fabric salvaged from thrown away festival-goer's tents, and off-cuts from the Cameron Balloon Factory in Bristol, each flag tells a unique story relating to the landscape, local business, personal interest, or connection to the town and surrounding moorland. The flagpoles are harvested and made locally from a sustainable woodland. The Flag Festival took place in June.
Source: Wikipedia