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1 day – 3 quite different photos

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

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mining and antiquities on Dartmoor

Blocking stone on the rows on Challacombe Down

Effectively this is a follow on from my previous post from the same day’s walk here. The photos in the previous one were orientated around the scenery on the day and this one covers some of the antiquities and remains in the Headland Warren area generally. Walking south from [...]

On Dartmoor in frost and fog

Frost and fog on the edge of Dartmoor

I set off towards the moors looking for a day similar to the one in the last two posts – clear and cold. On the southern edge of the moors it looked as though the weather was not at all good and I [...]

Man’s fingerprints on Dartmoor

In a sense this is “part 2″ of my previous post here. The images were all taken on the same day and, while showing quite a wild part of the UK, also indicate some of the ways the moors have been used over centuries. The work of man can be seen [...]

Hoar frost in south Devon

I thought that the really cold weather was maybe over around Totnes by now (22 December 2010) but checking the thermometer this morning it had hit -6 deg C overnight. The minor road I live on has had little traffic so had some aspects of a skating rink but I’d arranged [...]

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