Dartmoor has a way of making you appreciate where you live.
It's not always the easiest place to predict the weather. The landscape can look completely different from one day to the next, and there are certainly mornings when the rain seems determined to stay.
But that's part of its character.
For us, living on the edge of Dartmoor has shaped far more than where we spend our weekends. It's also the place that inspired Biddle & Byre.
A landscape that never really stays the same
Dartmoor is known for its granite tors, open moorland and wide views across Devon.
But the countryside around it is just as much a part of everyday life.
There are narrow lanes bordered by high hedges, old stone farm buildings, fields divided by centuries-old boundaries and small villages that have grown around the landscape.
Some days the moor is covered in low cloud. On others, you can see for miles.
It's difficult to grow tired of somewhere that changes so much with the weather and seasons.
The ordinary parts of country life
When people imagine living in the English countryside, it's easy to picture long walks, lovely views and quiet afternoons.
And there are plenty of those.
But there's also the mud, the rain, the jobs that need doing outside and the familiar experience of setting off in perfectly good weather only to come home soaked.
Country living is often rather less polished than the photographs suggest.
That's something we've always liked about it.
You can appreciate the beauty of the countryside without pretending every day is picture-perfect.
The places that give a landscape its character
One of the things we particularly love about Devon is how much history is still visible in the everyday landscape.
Old stone walls, farm buildings, bridges and winding lanes are all reminders of the generations who lived and worked here before us.
The Tamar Valley has its own distinctive character, with wooded slopes, farmland and the River Tamar running between Devon and Cornwall.
It's a landscape that feels familiar to us, and one we wanted to acknowledge when creating Biddle & Byre.
Our Tamar Quarter Zip takes its name from that river.
Not because we wanted a fashionable-sounding product name, but because the places around us are genuinely part of the brand's story.
Why we started Biddle & Byre here
Biddle & Byre began with a fairly straightforward idea.
We wanted to create countrywear that felt like something we'd actually wear.
Clothes for ordinary days, rather than a particular occasion. Pieces that work whether you're spending time outside, meeting friends or getting on with the jobs that come with everyday life.
The countryside inspired the colours, the character and even our pheasant emblem.
And while Biddle & Byre is a clothing brand, the place behind it has always mattered just as much.
Dartmoor isn't simply somewhere we use for photographs.
It's home.
And we're rather proud of that.