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Dreamy Bedtime Story _ A Dartmoor Dream _ GET SLEEPY Fast with a Story · Abide Meditation App

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Get Sleepy, where we listen, we relax, and
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Speaker 1: we get sleepy. As always, I'm your host, Thomas. Thanks
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Speaker 1: for tuning in. Tonight, we'll explore the wild, windswept expanse
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Speaker 1: of Dartmoor, situated in the countryside county of Devon in England.
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Speaker 1: Dartmoor has been home to prehistoric settlers, medieval folk, and
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Speaker 1: of course, many beautiful plants and animals. So, let's prepare
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Speaker 1: to listen to our story by taking a few gentle
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Speaker 1: steps towards the land of dreams. As you ease into
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Speaker 1: your bed Try to soften your mind and relax your body.
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Speaker 1: Both have worked hard all day and they deserve this
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Speaker 1: time to recharge. Take a deep breath in and let
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Speaker 1: it out slowly. With each breath, you may find yourself
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Speaker 1: drifting closer to that magical place where sleep and dreams
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Speaker 1: come naturally. As your breathing slows, visualize yourself laying on
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Speaker 1: a field of soft grass with a golden sun high
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Speaker 1: in the sky. The sun's warming rays caress your skin
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Speaker 1: and relax each and every muscle in your body. This
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Speaker 1: peaceful caress melts away any stress or worry, bringing you
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Speaker 1: a luxurious sense of sleepiness. Feel as the sun travels
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Speaker 1: across your whole body, from the top of your head,
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Speaker 1: down through your neck, your shoulders and torso, all the
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Speaker 1: way down through your upper legs and lower legs, into
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Speaker 1: your ankles and feet. every part of you feeling warm
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Speaker 1: and soothed. Basking in that soothing warmth, allow your cares
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Speaker 1: and worries to fade away. You are safe here, and
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Speaker 1: you have nothing left to do but get a good rest.
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Speaker 1: Just follow my voice and allow yourself to find peace
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Speaker 1: in tonight's story. We begin in the open expanse of Dartmoor.
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Speaker 1: you are standing on the brow of a hill you
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Speaker 1: can sense the wide expanse of land and sky all
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Speaker 1: around you there's a cool but welcoming breeze on your
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Speaker 1: skin and you can hear the gentle sound of lilting
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Speaker 1: birdsong As far as the eye can see are hills
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Speaker 1: and plains, brownish green and thick with wilderness. The landscape
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Speaker 1: is dotted with small forests and fields. They stand out
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Speaker 1: like little swatches of emerald and olive green on a
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Speaker 1: huge patchwork quilt. Here and there, at the tops of
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Speaker 1: other hills, there are grey, smooth rocks that protrude out
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Speaker 1: of the ground like teeth. These are called tors, and
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Speaker 1: they are magical places. For generations, these marks on the
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Speaker 1: landscape have inspired stories and fairy tales. Perhaps some of
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Speaker 1: them or all of them are true you think. It's
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Speaker 1: easy to believe standing here in this ancient and mysterious place.
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Speaker 1: You take a moment to breathe in this wild landscape.
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Speaker 1: As you do so you notice its soothing quality A
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Speaker 1: vast sense of peace and groundedness is carried on the
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Speaker 1: soft wind, and it greets your body like an old friend.
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Speaker 1: The grass underfoot is short and curiously springy. In front
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Speaker 1: of you lies a tall, It is made up of large,
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Speaker 1: rounded rocks. But although they are mostly round in shape,
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Speaker 1: they still look rough and rugged on the surface. They
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Speaker 1: are piled up on top of each other, held together
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Speaker 1: by nature and creeping moss. The tour rises above you
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Speaker 1: invitingly and majestically. You gently pad towards it and extend
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Speaker 1: your hand. Your palm brushes the granite of the rock
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Speaker 1: and you sense the lingering warmth of today's sun baked
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Speaker 1: into it. You take a moment, to feel the solid,
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Speaker 1: dependable quality of this ancient material and allow your body
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Speaker 1: to absorb it. What feels like a whisper on the
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Speaker 1: wind prompts you to turn your head to the left,
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Speaker 1: to this side of you. The Tor gives way, like
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Speaker 1: dominoes that have fallen into a lush, green hillock. The
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Speaker 1: land is level and rich with long grasses, coiled ferns,
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Speaker 1: and clumps of reedy growth. Rising out of this green
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Speaker 1: land is a cluster of bushes, Not much taller than
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Speaker 1: your shoulder, they carry green spiked leaves and are crowned
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Speaker 1: with small, bright yellow flowers that look similar to sweet
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Speaker 1: peas or orchids. This is gorse, and it grows abundantly
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Speaker 1: on the moor. You notice that there are two mossy
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Speaker 1: boulders hidden in the gorse. The ground is clear around
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Speaker 1: them and there is a perfect gap between them. It's
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Speaker 1: as if a portal lies there that is warmly inviting
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Speaker 1: you to go through it. You make your way to
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Speaker 1: the gorse. noticing the curious scent of coconut that the
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Speaker 1: flowers emit. You approach the boulders in quiet reverence. This
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Speaker 1: place seems to reassure you that what it has to
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Speaker 1: show you is peaceful and wondrous. You know instinctively that
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Speaker 1: this is the start of your journey, and that Dartmoor
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Speaker 1: will hold you gently. in its embrace. Lightly, evenly, you
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Speaker 1: move towards the space between the boulders. You feel a
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Speaker 1: deep sense of peace sweep over you. and feel your
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Speaker 1: body tug you into a more relaxed state. You notice
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Speaker 1: a gentle shimmering in the air. Could this really be
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Speaker 1: a portal, you wonder. As you enter the shimmering air,
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Speaker 1: it's as if you are passing through a cool sheet
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Speaker 1: of relaxation. You close your eyes as you move your
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Speaker 1: face through it. When you open them again, you realize
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Speaker 1: that you have been lovingly transported to an ancient, beautiful woodland.
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Speaker 1: For a moment, you pause to take in the mystical
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Speaker 1: sight around you. Hundreds of curiously stunted oak trees, adorned
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Speaker 1: in silvery lichen and frilly, deep green moss, surround you.
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Speaker 1: The air is peaceful and heavy with a sense of
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Speaker 1: history and wisdom. This is Wistman's Wood. And it is
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Speaker 1: the last remains of the old forest that once covered
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Speaker 1: much of Dartmoor thousands of years ago. You notice the
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Speaker 1: twisted and contoured trunks of the trees that formed in
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Speaker 1: much cooler climates. And you take another moment to savour
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Speaker 1: this amazing piece of living history. and allow yourself to
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Speaker 1: connect deeply with the earth. You quietly move through this
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Speaker 1: astounding forest, seeing more and more of the lichen that
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Speaker 1: hang from the branches of each tree, like old beards
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Speaker 1: on wise men. As you make your way through it,
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Speaker 1: You notice how any tension in your body is being
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Speaker 1: gently absorbed by your surroundings. You take an even breath in,
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Speaker 1: filling your lungs with the magical air all around. It
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Speaker 1: seems to flow through your body, healing and nourishing you.
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Speaker 1: It encourages any remaining tension to flow out of you
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Speaker 1: and dissolve into this place, which happily takes it, converting
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Speaker 1: it into new growth. You continue on through Wistman's Wood. Soon,
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Speaker 1: You sense that you are being pulled towards the fringes
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Speaker 1: of the wood, where it meets with open moorland. You
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Speaker 1: allow yourself to move that way, watching the shade of
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Speaker 1: the wood thinning out as you reach its perimeter. You
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Speaker 1: emerge from the trees onto the moorland to see that
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Speaker 1: you are in a vast, barren valley. You take in
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Speaker 1: this amazing sweep of land, feeling deeply humbled by it.
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Speaker 1: Rising up around this valley are sloping hillsides crisscrossed with
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Speaker 1: paths made by animals. the sight draws you onwards. Continuing
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Speaker 1: your journey, you walk through this valley. The further you
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Speaker 1: travel across it, the more you appreciate the raw magnificence
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Speaker 1: of this place. The ground is sloping upwards now, and
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Speaker 1: you are easily climbing it. the slope breaks into the
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Speaker 1: crest of a small hill. Grazing peacefully on it is
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Speaker 1: a herd of wild ponies. They are the natural guardians
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Speaker 1: of this land, and their hoof prints are said to
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Speaker 1: have been found in archaeological digs that date back three
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Speaker 1: and a half thousand years. You are so close to
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Speaker 1: these peaceful creatures. They are not afraid of you, nor
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Speaker 1: you of them. As you observe them, you begin to
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Speaker 1: sense their energy. Their tangled manes flutter in the breeze,
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Speaker 1: and they blink slowly, lovingly at you. You sense that
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Speaker 1: they are here to guide you, as if by the
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Speaker 1: same magic that pulled you through the shimmering air on
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Speaker 1: the moor. They allow you to join the middle of
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Speaker 1: their group. You notice their beautiful colours, grey-white, chestnut-brown, mottled hazel,
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Speaker 1: and almost black. they toss their manes together and each
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Speaker 1: raises their left hoof. The ponies bring their hooves down
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Speaker 1: simultaneously and as they do so, you feel yourself lifted
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Speaker 1: above the ground. The ponies lurch forwards, breaking into a canter,
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Speaker 1: They seem to carry you with them, and you watch
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Speaker 1: their powerful limbs as they speed into a gallop. You
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Speaker 1: are galloping with these wild creatures across the moorland. A
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Speaker 1: heart-opening sense of freedom and joy blooms in your chest.
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Speaker 1: You watch the rugged moor pass by, smell the earthy
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Speaker 1: scent of the ground being churned under the pony's hooves,
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Speaker 1: and feel the air whipping around your face. The landscape
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Speaker 1: begins to change. You notice a different kind of forest
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Speaker 1: up ahead. the familiar scent of pine drifts towards you,
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Speaker 1: and you realize that this forest is made up of tall,
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Speaker 1: towering pine trees. As you draw closer to it, you
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Speaker 1: feel the ponies slowing down. Eventually, they slow to a wall,
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Speaker 1: And then finally a stop right in front of this
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Speaker 1: magnificent pine forest. You thank your guides calmly and begin
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Speaker 1: to move into the trees. This forest is cool and shady.
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Speaker 1: The trees climb high above you. and the ground is
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Speaker 1: carpeted with deep green mosses. You notice the shafts of
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Speaker 1: gentle sunlight that filter through the branches. It is quiet
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Speaker 1: and still here, after the joyous expanse of the moor.
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Speaker 1: As you wander through these unfamiliar trees, you begin to
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Speaker 1: sense the traces of other people. Perhaps settlers that lived
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Speaker 1: here many years ago would have used this wood for
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Speaker 1: their homes or fires. You can almost smell wood smoke
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Speaker 1: in the breeze. It's as if the distant sound of
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Speaker 1: children running through these trees now reverberates through the years.
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Speaker 1: You can imagine them laughing and playing. Then perhaps older
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Speaker 1: children gathering them together to return home for dinner. Or
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Speaker 1: perhaps you can imagine people walking here together, savoring the
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Speaker 1: peace and stillness of the forest, stilling special moments with
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Speaker 1: each other on summer evenings, when the light is warm
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Speaker 1: and the breeze mellow. As you pass through these slumbering
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Speaker 1: memories held in this great forest, you become aware of
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Speaker 1: how grateful you feel to be here. Then, the sound
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Speaker 1: of a gently babbling stream reaches your ears. You realize
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Speaker 1: that it must be nearby, so you use your senses
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Speaker 1: to wander towards it. The trees start to thin. You
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Speaker 1: can see more and more open spaces, and the sound
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Speaker 1: of the stream is becoming clearer and crisper. You emerge
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Speaker 1: from the forest onto grassy land, and there, a few
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Speaker 1: meters in front of you, is the stream. Shallow but
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Speaker 1: perfectly clear, it cascades and bubbles. You allow your eyes
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Speaker 1: to trace it upstream. And to your delight, you see
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Speaker 1: an old stone bridge. It is short and squat. but
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Speaker 1: perfectly joins this bank of the stream to the other.
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Speaker 1: The stone is rough and worn, surely built in medieval times.
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Speaker 1: The memories of other settlers come back to you as
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Speaker 1: you marvel at the skill and craftsmanship of this sweet Brit.
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Speaker 1: You see that it's made from the same grey granite
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Speaker 1: as the tors you encountered earlier. As you cross it,
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Speaker 1: you brush it with your hand and feel the lingering
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Speaker 1: touch of thousands before you who have crossed this bridge.
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Speaker 1: The bridge leads you away from the forest, In front
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Speaker 1: of you is a clear path towards open moorland. The
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Speaker 1: small stones beneath you crunch with your movement. Here, you
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Speaker 1: feel just as peaceful and at ease as ever. You
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Speaker 1: sense that you are nearing something magnificent but you allow
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Speaker 1: your pace to be easy and steady. There is no
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Speaker 1: need to rush in this timeless place. The path curves
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Speaker 1: around and passes through an old stone wall. Here, the
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Speaker 1: rocks have been piled expertly, needing no cement or binding
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Speaker 1: to keep them together. Yellow rings of lichen grow on them,
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Speaker 1: marking their age and the weather they have endured. You
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Speaker 1: pass through the gap that the path makes in this wall,
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Speaker 1: and into what would have been a large pasture, You
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Speaker 1: continue through this pasture as it spreads into wide, wild space. Here,
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Speaker 1: you notice small objects on the ground, like tiny taurs
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Speaker 1: in the distance. As you come closer, You realize that
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Speaker 1: these are flat, hefty chunks of rock that have been
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Speaker 1: arranged in a circle. They stand no higher than your waist,
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Speaker 1: but they feel as important as the trees and tors
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Speaker 1: you have journeyed with on the moor. You feel a
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Speaker 1: powerful sense of reverence as you understand that this is
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Speaker 1: a stone circle placed here thousands of years ago by
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Speaker 1: prehistoric people. Every stone rises out of the ground purposefully
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Speaker 1: and evenly. Each one has been carefully selected and positioned
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Speaker 1: for a reason that you can only guess. As you
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Speaker 1: reach its perimeter, you slow to a stop. You take
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Speaker 1: in this strange and beautiful sight. Your body naturally takes
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Speaker 1: a deep, slow breath. You feel your lungs expand and
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Speaker 1: then soften as the air flows back out. For some
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Speaker 1: time you relish the profound comfort that it brings. You're
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Speaker 1: enjoying this special moment standing on the edge of the
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Speaker 1: stone circle when you notice a dip in the center
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Speaker 1: of it like a little trench or burrow. You move
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Speaker 1: instinctively towards it passing through the stone circle. Then you
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Speaker 1: realize something wonderful. Nestled in this impression in the earth
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Speaker 1: is a beautiful bed. It is held on smooth oak
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Speaker 1: branches and luscious moss surrounds it. The mattress is made
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Speaker 1: from soft, natural material and clothed in green cotton sheets.
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Speaker 1: The pillows are plump and the covers are fluffy and inviting.
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Speaker 1: You become aware that your body is heavy, tired. and
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Speaker 1: ready to sleep. So you climb down into this beautiful bed,
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Speaker 1: housed in this impression in the earth. And as you
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Speaker 1: rest your body on the mattress, you give thanks for
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Speaker 1: its support and comfort. You pull the covers and sheets
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Speaker 1: over you, finding them warm and supple. You feel incredibly
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Speaker 1: safe in this special place. The stones of the circle
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Speaker 1: are protecting you and guarding you. The light of the
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Speaker 1: day begins to fade, and as your head sinks into
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Speaker 1: the pillow, you feel your body preparing for sleep. The
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Speaker 1: wonderful memories of Dartmoor hold you as your breathing deepens
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Speaker 1: and slows. You are filled with a sense of gratitude
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Speaker 1: and wonder for this amazing land. Quietly, you allow your
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Speaker 1: mind to be still and your thoughts to be at peace.
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Speaker 1: You know that the gifts of this journey will still
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Speaker 1: be with you in the morning. So you smile as
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Speaker 1: you drift off into a blissful and restorative sleep.
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Speaker 2: Thank you. So, Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.