Dinner on Dartmoor

An invitation to the Two Bridges Hotel in the middle of Dartmoor was the setting for the annual Civic Dinner of West Devon Borough Council. Greeted by the Mayor Cllr. Alison Clish-Green over 70 guests, including the Lord Lieutenant of Devon, Eric Dancer and guest speaker Professor Ian Mercer. The Two Bridges Hotel well deserves it's reputation as a unique country house hotel with an AA Rosette for it's restaurant. The candelabra lit tables in the dining room coupled with excellent food and sparkling company maintained the unique ambience that is Dartmoor. Professor Mercer spoke seriously about the changes in hill farming over the years and the decline in the number of registered Commoners who have the freedom to graze their sheep and Darmoor ponies. Times are hard for hill and moorland farmers these days and this decline is measured in the changes evident in the growth of vegetation which can obscure old footpaths and bridleways across the Moor. http://www.twobridges.co.uk/