Exmoor

Moving at a more leisurely pace, we are spending the day travelling to Exmoor, which is north of Devon. The green, rolling hills covered in farms, changed to more heavily wooded areas. The hedgerows were particularly high, making driving on the narrow roads rather precarious.

 As we climbed higher and on to the moors, the landscape became quite stark and devoid of trees and those that defy the weather conditions and reach over a metre high, are generally twisted and deformed. We spotted some Exmoor ponies, but they declined to be photographed. It was warmer than usual for this time of year and the whole region was clouded in a dry summer haze. You can see purple heather in the foreground here.

 We saw some spectacular landscapes as we reached the coast, which is the north coast of the western part of England. You will notice all the mad English families forcing their kids out onto the mudflats and into the water armed with buckets and fishing nets.

 Lovely rocky outcrops on the 'beach.'

 This body of water is the bit of the Atlantic Ocean that separates England from the southern coast of Wales.

 It was a round trip today - we will spend the night in Devon and then set off for London tomorrow, on the final leg of the journey.