Trees And Plants | Westcountry wanderings

1 day – 3 quite different photos

Three differing photographs taken in Devon on one day recently from both the coast and Dartmoor [...]

Evening over the field of barley

Some pictures of the late evening sunlight of fields in south Devon and on growing barley [...]

Along the Exe and the Exeter ship canal

Images taken walking the Exeter Ship canal around Turf and the Exe estuary towards Powderham in May 2011. The canal is one of the oldest in the UK. [...]

Wandering the beach

Photographs of some items seen wandering the beaches of Paignton and Preston in Devon including seaweed and shells with group structure and colour. [...]

Bluebells and evening light around Hound Tor

Walking the Hound Tor area of eastern Dartmoor during the bluebell flowering season with photos of that and a rather nice sunset. [...]

Watching the sun set

There is some dust from the Sahara which has affected sunsets here recently so I wandered out to catch the effects.

As is so often the case other things caught my eye while I was out. The Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) was out and looked great in the late light. It really [...]

Budleigh Salterton to Ladram Bay

Looking over the River Otter to Budleigh Salterton

Walking the South West Coast Path from Budleigh Salterton to Ladram Bay on a sunny spring morning with views of the coast and sea stacks [...]

Circular walk from Burrator reservoir – part 2

Part 2 of the walk from Burrator reservoir walking back past tin mining remains and Down Tor bronze age remains [...]

A few spring flowers and a plea

Some spring flowers and a plea to help those people who need it in Japan [...]

This continues the blog here of a walk from Shipley Bridge up the Zeal Tor tramway to Western Whitaburrow and back down the Avon to the car. The view above is from Petre’s Cross at Western Whitaburrow looking towards the barrow at Eastern Whitaburrow (both can have White Barrow in place [...]