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Owls, The Wire Man of Warleggan, Scarecrows and more...

Owls, The Wire Man of Warleggan, Scarecrows and more...

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Tom Cox
Dec 22, 2022
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Earlier this month a man called Chris sent me a photo of a wire figure nailed to a tree so I immediately asked him for map co-ordinates of its precise location. He said it was in Barleysplat Wood, which is on the steep rocky apron of Bodmin Moor, about half an hour from where I live. It was a busy afternoon, with lots of phone calls to make, packages to…

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