Although the ankle is still not good I ventured out for some short strolls on the moors yesterday (with it strapped up). The eastern area of Dartmoor around Hey Tor and Widecombe does not have the wide open spaces of the central moors and tends to be a little crowded at the height [...]
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Most folk are probably aware that the UK and quite a large part of northern Europe are affected by the volcanic dust coming from the Icelandic volcano at present. This has closed down airspace in the UK and other countries for a couple of days now. One by product of this is that the sunsets we [...] Leaving home to head for the moors on Wednesday evening it was overcast and didn’t look all that promising but when we got to the southern end of Hameldon there were some glimpses of the sun.
The light on the opposite ridge (east of Widecombe) was lovely. It was illuminating the tors there (Honeybags, [...]
And experimenting with macros. There are some delicate and interesting plants and parts of plants showing beautiful colours to be seen in the garden just now. The leaf of the rose above has such colour to it – it is an old rose that was in the garden when we arrived so I don’t [...]
Another unplanned set of images when I came across the scene looking for some “nice” pictures. Actually to see a section of the moor ablaze is not that unusual if you live in the area.
Swaling takes place on Dartmoor during the winter period (& up until the end of March) to ensure [...]
While overall the countryside still looks rather faded and winter like a trip to Dartington Hall gardens yesterday showed that there are the start of signs of Spring.
In addition to the snowdrops (the scent was lovely) the shoots of a number of bulbs indicated that the next few weeks should have some colour in [...] |
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