Here, in the smiling greeting of Hartland's Grand Old Man, 91 years old Mr Daniel Headon, better known to many as 'Uncle Dan' is the spirit of the British countryside exemplified. 

Hardly a day passes, wet or dry, but Uncle Dan can be seen out on the main Bideford-Bude road for this three or four mile walk often carrying a large bundle of firewood as he makes his way home to ‘Highlea’, Baxworthy Corner, Hartland, where he lives with his son and daughter-in-law.
Mr Headon, who enjoys good health and still reads and writes without the aid of glasses, attends the little Church of St Martins-by-Bursdon Moor regularly every Sunday.
January 12th is Mr Headon’s great day; not only is it his own birthday but also that of his small great-grandson, Vernon Henry Keen, so granddaughter Ida, who lives next door, has a small family party for them both.
Gazette article dated 26 January 1951