Safety on Dartmoor Day at Lydford Summer Fair

Safety on Dartmoor Day will be combining with Lydford Summer Fair again this year to provide an excellent day out for all the family on Saturday 28 May.

Come and have a great day out at Lydford Sports Field from 11am to 4pm. There will once again be representatives from Dartmoor National Park, Lydford Gorge National Trust, the emergency services, MoD, Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team, Camels Head specialist rescue team, Devon Air Ambulance Trust and St John's Ambulance.

There will be plenty of opportunities to sit in fire engines, police cars, land rovers, and ambulances as well as meet some of the Dartmoor rescue dogs and police dogs, and talk to emergency services staff.

The MoD will be there to talk about their work on Dartmoor and how the military ranges operate. Rob Taylor, sector ranger for Dartmoor National Park, will be on hand to talk about the work of the rangers and provide information to help you enjoy Dartmoor.

The air ambulance and police helicopter will both be making a fly-past during the day (as long as call-outs permit). Shelterbox will be attending for the first time with some of the emergency shelters and supplies they provide to support communities in crisis around the world. Okehampton ATC will again be at the event after last year's popular climbing experience on their seven-metre-climbing tower.

This year Safety on Dartmoor Day and Lydford Fair plays host to an art competition with the theme of “My Moor”. All children from the Federation Primary Schools and Mary Tavy and Brentor school have been invited to submit a painting using acrylics of their favorite Dartmoor scene or feature. They have been encouraged to think about what Dartmoor means to them personally and interpret that in the paintings they produce.

The top three paintings from all the schools of both Key Stages 1 and 2 will then be submitted on the day to be judged by Dartmoor adventurer, photographer and writer Tracey Elliot-Reep.

In addition there will be all the fun of the Summer Fair with stalls, games, refreshments, local food producers and a family dog show. This is an excellent opportunity for everyone who lives and works on Dartmoor or just enjoys spending recreational time on Devon's beautiful moorland, to find out a little more about how Dartmoor National Park rangers and the emergency services and charities work in partnership to keep people safe on Dartmoor. So come along and meet the people who help to look after Dartmoor and keep its users safe.