Peatland

Hear the voice of the bog as recorded by composer Sarah Smout in this one-off episode about the restoration of a vast area of peatland in the Yorkshire Dales called Fleet Moss.  Peat Restoration Officer at the Yorkshire Peat Partnership Jenny Sharman speaks about how she has developed a ‘real love’ for Fleet Moss as as a ‘black, broken land’ has once again become a place with ‘a wealth of life’.    The episode also features Bishopdale landowner and grouse shooting enthusiast Rob Brown speaking about the recovery of the nearby Stake Moss peatland.  And there is great archive clip from 1963 of Grassington farmer Oswald Jacques on cutting and drying peat for domestic use.   The episode is presented by Andrew Fagg on Fleet Moss and was largely recorded in July 2022.