Dowsing Walks 10-12 May part 1
Introduction The NT property I volunteer at is running several "Divining Walks" to give other volunteers and members of the public a chance to look at the moorland where dowsing is one of the tools we have used to try to understand the drainage system installed early to mid 19th century. The walks includes many aspects of the ecology and water management at Lyme but this post relates only to the Divining or Dowsing aspect. The content and location of the walks is based upon work carried out before the pandemic and you may wish to read First Survey and Discovery as background to the rest of this post. ** update: only the first walk took place due to attendees failing to turn up Preparatory Outing I met with the organiser and another volunteer last week to look at the area chosen for the demonstration. The organiser (B) had not experimented with dowsing rods before. My colleague volunteer (K) had been involved in earlier pre-pandemic work on the moor, so had experienced reac...