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Mary Tant's latest Rossington mystery – Don't Tell Tales – was published on 4th November 2025.
Visit your independent bookshop or friendly crime specialist for a copy – or order it from the local library.
Saturday 11 October 2025
Going through road cuttings on the A30 I was impressed by the supporting walls, a modernized version of the traditional granite walls, here with the granite set smoothly in concrete. I first noticed one of these walls as a small holly tree, bright with berries, was growing out of it. When I looked further, I saw there were a number of saplings emerging along the length of the wall, and a curtain of vivid green ivy.
Sunday 5 October 2025
The field where the dogs played was enclosed by a thick layer of mist, shutting out the hills and valleys that rise and fall around it. They were just faint outlines in the thick whiteness. The mist cleared in the middle distance while we were there, revealing the checkerboard of tree-fringed fields in light brown, dark brown and reddish-brown, with here and there meadows of very bright green, just one of them striped with brown.
Friday 3 October 2025
As we drove up onto the moor towards Haytor a mist mountain lay above a copse of trees, autumn hued in bright lemon yellow, bronze and russet.
On the back lane past Ashburton a pair of belligerent small birds were silhouetted, tails cocked high as they faced each other. One robin flew off as we approached, the other held its place triumphantly, taking one victorious step forward before flying off too.