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Category: Contemplating Exmoor

Contemplating Exmoor

Tarr Steps – Icon Of Exmoor

22 Sep, 202023 Sep, 2020 Brian

Tarr Steps is an iconic place on Exmoor. Located in a national nature reserve, it attracts around 40 thousand visitors…

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Surprise On The Moor

18 Sep, 202016 Sep, 2020 Brian

It’s one of our favourite walks. We were gently descending towards home in the early afternoon when the sun was…

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Selworthy Church

15 Sep, 202011 Sep, 2020 Brian

Selworthy Church nestles high on the slopes of Selworthy Beacon, just off the main road leading to Porlock and Minehead. …

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Exmoor Farmer Shearing His Sheep

11 Sep, 202024 Aug, 2020 Brian

I have learnt a lot about sheep since moving to Exmoor.  Contrary to common mythology, they are not stupid. They…

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Bolving Stag On The Moor

8 Sep, 20202 Sep, 2020 Brian

In other parts of the country they bellow, but on Exmoor they bolve.  In the rutting season (September – November)…

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Bird On A Wire

4 Sep, 202024 Aug, 2020 Brian

I took this photograph from my garden attracted by the beauty of the blackbird’s song.  I did not intend to…

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Exmoor Ponies On Winsford Hill

1 Sep, 20201 Sep, 2020 Brian

Exmoor ponies own Exmoor. The Moor belongs to them and they belong to the Moor. They have a presence about…

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Sunset Over Dunkery Beacon, The Highest Point On Exmoor

28 Aug, 202028 Aug, 2020 Brian

My wife and I always enjoy the trek up to Dunkery Beacon, the highest point on Exmoor.  Being there for…

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Mountain Bikers On Exmoor

25 Aug, 202025 Aug, 2020 Brian

Exmoor attracts the adventurous. I was intrigued by these cyclists going into the mist and wondered whether they were aware…

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Yew Tree In Wootton Courtenay Church Yard

21 Aug, 202021 Aug, 2020 Brian

Yew trees and churchyards go together and Exmoor has plenty of both. I know this yew particularly well.  I see…

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Day Gives Way To Night Over The Moor

18 Aug, 202013 Aug, 2020 Brian

It has been a warm winter’s day, but when the sun sinks below the horizon, the temperature drops sharply. The…

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View Across The Vale of Porlock

14 Aug, 202014 Aug, 2020 Brian

This is a special place. I am standing on a hill above Porlock Vale, delighting in some of the many…

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Introduction to Contemplating Exmoor

13 Aug, 202014 Aug, 2020 Brian

At a time when the world is in great turmoil, not least with its struggling with the Coronavirus, Contemplating Exmoor…

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