#exmoor National park

[vintagecamping]

A few Bristol Police Cadets hike in Exmoor National Park.

England

1966

#vintage camping #campfire light #history #exmoor national park #camping #hiking #bristol police cadets #england #60s

[feudaldoodle]

Day One of posting my photography 📷

This was from my holiday in Exmoor National Park and I was driving up what I think is Crook Horn Hill. It was Autumn and beautiful!

#photography #nature #road trip #holiday #woodland #Exmoor National park #uk #england #autumn #fall #photo a day

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Nature recovery success: Porlock Marsh in Exmoor National Park

by Shaun Davey.

National Parks Photography Competition 2021

#shaun davey #photographer #national parks photography competition 2021 #porlock marsh #landscape #exmoor national park #nature

[spacenutspod]

Join host Tim Gibbs and his AI Newsreader sidekick, Hallie, for an enlightening episode of the Astronomy Daily Podcast. In today's show, we uncover the wonders of the night sky with the opening of a new dark sky discovery hub at Somerset's Wimbled Lake. Nestled within Europe's first International Dark Sky Reserve, this hub promises an immersive stargazing experience, complete with low seating and a telescope-friendly patio platform. Celebrate the magic of the cosmos with us, as we delve into the hub's debut during the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival. **Highlights of this episode include:**- **The New Dark Sky Discovery Hub:** Discover the latest addition to Somerset's stargazing landscape, offering a serene view over Wimbled Lake and the starry expanse above.- **Astrophotography and Wildlife:** Learn about the hub's dual purpose as a haven for astrophotography enthusiasts and nocturnal wildlife education.- **Exmoor's Dark Sky Delights:** Explore the Exmoor National Park Authority's efforts to enhance dark sky appreciation through unique hubs and the annual Dark Skies Festival.- **Cosmic Revelations with NASA:** Hallie brings us the latest astronomical insights from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, revealing distant galaxies and the universe's early days.- **Euclid Space Telescope's First Images:** Anticipate the European Space Agency's unveiling of the Euclid Space Telescope's first full-color images, set to expand our understanding of dark matter and dark energy.- **Miss England's Astronaut Training:** Hear about Jessica Goggen's experience with Boeing's Starliner Simulator, and what this means for future space missions.- **NASA's Challenges Ahead:** A look into NASA's Office of the Inspector General's annual report, highlighting the trials and triumphs of space exploration.- **Hot Jupiter's and Star Age:** Discover the intriguing link between the age of stars and the presence of hot Jupiter exoplanets. **Join the Conversation:**Don't miss out on the ongoing space dialogue. Connect with fellow astronomy enthusiasts on our Facebook page, Space Nuts podcast group. **Tune In:**Catch all past, current, and future episodes on [spaceduts.io](https://example.com) and [bytes.com](https://example.com). With special segments from Steve in New South Wales and Tim Gibbs in Somerset, the Astronomy Daily Podcast is your gateway to the stars. ---

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New Exmoor Classic Walks launched

Exmoor National Park Authority has published a new collection of ‘Classic’ walks that offer visitors and locals alike a chance to explore the beauty of Exmoor and all that makes it special. The Exmoor Classic walks are a series of twelve longer self-guided walks that take participants through some of the most iconic and breath-taking landscapes of Exmoor. Each walk has been carefully selected to…

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[ginandoldlace]

Watchet Harbour, Somerset.

Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Somerset, with a population of 3,785. It is situated 15 miles (24 km) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Taunton, and 9 miles (14 km) east of Minehead. The town lies at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, and on the edge of Exmoor National Park.

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14/12/23

Exmoor National Park (Countisbury)

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Exmoor National Park, UK [4032x3024] [OC]

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[bikepackinguk]

Day Ninety-one

I'm loaded up with throat sweets, and the weather is clear and sunny, so adter a quick visit to Minehead's beach it's time to tackle Exmoor!

With the routes closest to the coast being a busy A road or the cycle trail involving rough bridleways that will play havoc with my bike, I set out from Minehead a short waus back down the road to head up through Dunster.

Dunster is a lovely little village that acts as a gateway into Exmoor National Park, and a short distance through I head onto some nice quiet country lanes through the forests that make up much of the bases of the hills here.

The elevation is increasing steadily but gently as I make my way through Knowle, but after a bit more riding through the beautiful countryside here the first big climb begins in earnest up to Cutcombe.

It's a very steep lane to slog up and I'm soon coursing with sweat as it leads up and up, to finally dip down to the crossroad at Wheddon Cross.

I turn on to the B3224 here as it ploughs its way across the heart of Exmoor. It's some beautiful riding with views of rolling hills covered in farmlands and forests as another hill leads up and then down to Exford, where I roll over the River Exe.

Fans of etymology will probably have realised this river is the source of the region's name - the hilly moorlands around the origin of the river.

From Exford, it's slogging up more hills to rise up over 1300ft above sea level, making it one of the higher points of elevation through my journey. It's certainly making me feel it!

The summits are broad at least, giving me some good riding once up each hill, and I can chug along quite happily with the gorgeous views around me after each climb.

The miles get peddled through as road carries on through Simonsbath and some more steep climbing at Swincombe, before it turns on to the A399 to reach Blackmoor Gate.

The roads alternative between being lined with hedges to being enclosed by mossy stone walls, and tunnels of trees overhead. Combined with glimpses of the sunny hills past gates and gaps in the foliage, it's a compelling ride.

I stick with the A399 for now as it begins a long winding descent down out of the hills towards the sea once more. The traffic isn't too bad currently and I het to enjoy a nice easy ride down to the beach at Combe Martin after all the hard work so far.

After a short break here, it's back to the climbs again as I follow the road around to join back up with Cycle Route 51 as it passes through the beautiful village of Berrynarbor, and then begins another big climb up and over Hagginton Hill.

Cresting the hill after a lot of work, I have a view of the hills around Ilfracombe before speeding down the leafy lanes into the town itself.

Ilfracombe seems to be composed entirely of hills as well alas, which means more tough going as I work my way back uphill once more to stop off at a local supermarket for a quick resupply and to take stock.

I set off from Minehead a little late today with the intent of not having too full a day of hard work, and it's pushing into the evening, so I'm pretty happy with having made my way across the big hills today in fairly reasonable time.

I have a short scout around for a spot to rest up, which of course means riding up some more hills, but eventually return to the first possibility that caught my eye on the outskirts of town.

With the forecast for tomorrow being some heavy rains in the morning, I've got a nice patch of trees to shelter beneath for now. I'll see how things look in the daylight!

TTFN!

#bicycle touring #bikepacking #wild camping #cycling the coast of great britain

[barbariankingdom]

A clapper bridge is formed by arranging slabs over stacks of stones without use of mortar or cement. This is Tarr Steps in Exmoor National Park, UK. Its age is unknown, but several theories claim that Tarr Steps dates from the Bronze Age

[feudaldoodle]

Day fourteen of posting my photography! 📷

This was a lovely piece of woodland in the autumn whilst I was on holiday in Exmoor National park, it was somewhere between Luccombe and Horner!

As you can see, the colours were just gorgeous and everything was glowing gold in the sunlight ☀️

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[wanderella-w]

A snowy adventure (day 1-3)

It all started out well, when the three of us (Sofia, Rosa and I) left our Airbnb in Dunster in time to catch the 8:41 bus taking us to the start of the trail, Minehead. After buying our instant mac and cheese for dinner and some lunch snacks we were ready to go. Sofia joined us for the day, unfortunately she couldn't hike with us longer because her foot (previously broken) started to hurt again. We took a picture by the start of the trail and off we went into the woods. Thanks to the brochure "Did you know XX fact about Exmoore National Park?" in our Airbnb, we now knew that this was the only wooded coastline in England. And it was stunning. The forest looked lush with lots of branching tree stems, evergreen climbing plants and ferns covering the ground. As we climbed higher, the views we got of the sea to our right got better and better. We left the forest and took a break on a hill covered in red withered fern, green grass, and yellow goarse bushes. When I threw away my apple core into the goarse I got a criticizing look from Rosa with the words "leave no trace". Right: From now on this will be our life motto while we wild camp on the South West Coast Path (next to "pitch late leave early").

We said goodbye to Sofia after a break on the beach in Porlock Weir and made our way back into the forest onto the next hill, where we started to look for a camping spot. We found a perfect spot about one hour too early (see picture) but we enjoyed the view of the coastline, to where the trail would still lead us, from there. Our actual camp was directly next to the path and we were afraid somebody might pass but nobody did. Actually, we had seen almost no people on the path so far. Rosa waved me over and said "wow, look at the setting sun", "wow, beautiful!" I said, looking at the red ball hovering just over the horizon. Two minutes later, I looked again in awe. Then two minutes later again... wait.. the sun had moved up, not down. It wasn't the sun it was the rising moon!

The next mornig our tent was wet and had a little bit of snow on it of which I proudly took a picture. It was raining, so we were expecting the snow to disappear soon, but as we got higher and higher the rain turned into snow and soon the trees, bushes, and paths were covered in a thin layer of snow. We got to an area without trees and the wind picked up, luckily it was in our backs. Then, however, we had to take a turn to the left, and now we had to fight really hard against the wind, coming from the front left. The sea, which had been hidden from our sight before, appeared from beind a mountain to our right. It was foggy, and the snowy ground, the sea, and the grey sky melted together to one. To the left there was a way mark and a low wall (typical for an animal fence), to the right the path continued around a hill, as far as we could see right along the cliff. We communicated with handsigns that we would shelter behind the wall and talk. Puh.. we had a moment of rest to eat a muesli bar, and take a look on the map. We decided not to follow the path along the cliff bit to take an alternative path along the wall (sheltered but with deep snow) and over the hill.

"We have to go to the church!" Rosa shouted and pointed at it, when we were past the top of the hill. The snow was deeper here, and through goarse bushes we were making our way there. Unfortunately, the snow got into our shoes at this point. At the church we saw that the coast path continued further along the cliff. On the map, a pub was indicated somewhere to the left, but only a few houses were to be seen. We tried to reach it anyways, as we desperately needed it. Would it be open or not? We approached the "Blue Ball Inn", it did exist - that was great - but no smoke came from the chimneys. "Open all day" it read on a sign, but the windows were dark. The door opened, all tables were empty, "What can I get you?", the receptionist and bartender asked? "Tea, please", I said relieved, and Rosa said "For me too, please". Wohoo! We attempted to dry our shoes by the fire which the bartender lit soon after our arrival but it had little use. The bartender said that all tables for lunch had been canceled due to the weather exept for one, but soon some other guests arrived, seemingly locals. We also ordered some food and ended up staying for 2,5 hours. The Blue Ball Inn saved us!

In the meanwhile we had checked the map and saw that there were several alternative ways to get to Lynton, our goal of that day. We asked a friendly old couple at the table next to us which path they would recommend and they said that the one along the river Lyn would be lovely. We walked through the windless and actually beautiful valley relieved. We learned from signs along the way that the Lyn is protected by law!

In Lynmouth it was still raining and we were looking for a supermarket. Somebody walking past us said "You are not really camping out there with this whether, are you?". "Yes, we are" Rosa said. "Well, really adventurous you are then", the man said. "Yes yes", Rosa said smiling nervously.

We started walking into the woods again and after a while started looking for a camping spot. The spot where we ended up was far from ideal, it was again right next to the path and quite close to a couple of houses, but our legs (at least mine) were too tired to keep looking. Setting up the tent and eating dinner in the rain was not a lot of fun. I also found out that my sleeping bag got wet despite three layers of presumed waterproof fabric around it. We decided that we needed a BnB to dry evenything and also to recover from this slightly horrible day. The night was okay after all, and quite warm.

The next morning after we woke up at 5:30 we wanted to go to a public bathroom we had seen on the map. "Let's go", we both said and started walking into different directions. "Huh, I thought we have to walk back, we already passed it" "No I think we have to go straight, it still has to come". A look on the map clarified the situation and we could laugh about it. In the bathroom we filled up our water bottles, reordered our backpacks sheltered from the rain (yes, it was still raining) and called the BnB.

It was good that we got up so early because it turned out we would have the hardest day on the entire path in front of us with 800 ascension meters is total. Why did those rivers have to decide to flow into the ocean right were we walking?? This meant we had to go up and down and up and down again. Anyhow, the views form up the cliffs were beautiful and my personal highlight was that we saw five wild exmoor ponies that day. It was also only raining half the time, just enough to still keep our rain-pants on all the time.

Exhausted we arrived at the BnB in Combe Martin. We hung out all our stuff to dry, took a shower and even did some washing. The next day was going to be a sunny day so the clothes could dry on our backpacks. That night we slept really well.

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Cleeve Abbey, Somerset

CLEEVE ABBEY,

SOMERSET.

Blog by Lynne Pearl

It had poured with rain most of the day, but there was a gap in the clouds and the sun came out, so we made a dash for it.  We left behind Halsway House, the National Centre for the Folk Arts, which is on the road from Bishops Lydeard (Home of the West Somerset Heritage Railway, and Taunton, direct to Minehead.  Somewhere on that road we knew there was an abbey and we wanted to find it.  Just a few miles outside of Minehead we found the signs to Cleeve Abbey at Washford. 

We parked the car where it was dry and approached the area on foot.  The first building we came to was a gatehouse and there was a notice there from the ‘Almoner’ to say that this was where food was given to the poor.  In other words, until 1539 or thereabouts the monks helped the local people when they were in trouble, needed food.  It was encouraging that the virtual beginnings of a much later welfare state had existed so long ago, an ethos of giving to others less fortunate.  Then beyond the gatehouse there is nothing until one reaches a building that looks like a later farm house. A drainage ditch or water supply leads from the gatehouse to the main buildings or the ruins of them that are left. 

Although Henry the eighth would have shut this monastery down three hundred years ago, there is still the most complete cloister intact inside the grounds.  The four sides of the cloister exist and the upper storey, which is much more than in many more famous abbey ruins.  At Glastonbury the cloister does not exist but one can see breadth and depth of it by the markings of foundations in the grass where it once stood. 

There isn’t the size or grandeur of Tintern Abbey and the poetry attached to it or the fame of King Arthur’s burial place at Glastonbury but maybe that is why so much of the cloister is left at Cleeve.  The abbey is situated in an out of the way place, a farming community on the edge of Exmoor.  Probably it was left alone and forgotten.

Outside the abbey grounds the local river was running high with red brown mud from the rain.  We drove on towards magnificent Dunster Castle that overlooks the ancient Yarn Market and central square.  

Beyond that were the mysterious beaches of Minehead where Exmoor meets the sea like a Swiss mountain running down to the black rocks of the sea and the funicular railway that sits at Lynmouth, rising to Lynton above.

#Lynton Funicular Railway #Glastonbury Abbey #Tintern Abbey

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Welcome to Tarr Farm Inn

2 courses £25.00 / 3 courses £30.00Monday to Thursday lunch, from 12 February. Tarr Farm is a beautiful inn dating from the 1600s based in the heart of the Exmoor National Park right by the historic Tarr Steps on the River Barle. We’ve won numerous awards for our fantastic food.  You can book a table in our cosy bar and feast on our hearty bar menu or enjoy our more formal restaurant with a…

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 A secluded river and ancient bridge in Exmoor National Park

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