I am attending this Conference this Friday and Saturday (21 and 22 June 2013). Image - Author: Huw-J Layouts: Huw-J Pencils & Inks: JL Straw Colour & Letters: Owen Jollands: The Young Sherlock Holmes Adventures (Markosia Enterprises, 2010) Henry Moore statue, Gardens, Dartington Hall I wanted to close with one of my personal highlights of the trip (non-Sherlockian) which was this Henry Moore statue which was to be found in the gardens at Dartington Hall: Sandwich board for the sandwich van, Hound Tor Hound of the Baskervilles, High Moorland Visitors Centre, Princetown We visited Postbridge which is the nearest match to the village of Grimpen in the novel, where Dr Mortimer lives and where Dr Watson posts his regular letters to Holmes updating him on the latest happenings at Baskerville Hall.ĭuring our stay, we had a couple of sightings of the elusive Hound! More details on our weekend can be found here: I visited with The Sherlock Holmes Society of London and we stayed at the very elegant Dartington Hall (see photo above). Last month (19th to 21th September 2014) I visited Dartmoor for the first time in my life, the setting for the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle As you value your life or your reason keep away from the moor