River at Burrator in the fog last year #Dartmoor #Devon #mosstodon #photography

Well and steam at Middlemoor, Whitchurch down, #dartmoor #Devon last week. #photography

Pictures taken this week, sycamore bud, old well at Middlemoor, gorse on Whitchurch Down and beeches and wild garlic near Brentor, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

Morning #devon

From last year … beware of disturbing the piskies … #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #piskies #mosstodon
Pixies are Dartmoor fairies or elves.

A sunny, spring view from the South Hams for #SilentSunday.

Bright gorse on Whitchurch down this week #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #landscape

Holloway at Middlemoor Whitchurch Down #Dartmoor #Devon #landscape #nature #photography #mosstodon

Old box well at Middlemoor, Whitchurch Down #Dartmoor, #Devon on Wednesday. This well acted as a water source mains water was pumped to the cottages in the 1920s. #photography #mosstodon

The Busker

Slate stone wall and wild garlic at Middlemoor this week, Whitchurch Down, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography

Good skies this morning, I was up and out early for a drive to Totnes for a sauna and a coffee in the sunshine. The way the sun rises over the estuary at this time of year never gets old. #devon

Stream at Middlemoor, Whitchurch Down #Dartmoor this week. #Devon #landscape #photography

Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village, Dartmoor

This settlement, situated about 350m above sea level, consists of a cluster of C13 granite longhouses, in which people lived at one end and animals at the other, on land that was originally farmed in the Bronze Age. Hound Tor was probably deserted in the early C14 as widespread falling temperatures and rising rainfall caused crop failures and cattle disease, that hit this upland community badly.

Lots of lovely coconut scented gorse flowering on the moors presently. Whitchurch Down this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography

Now I don’t know a great deal about ships but this big lad running aground at high tide in the very small navigable route that connects the English Channel with the port at Teignmouth seems sub-optimal. #devon

If you are lucky enough to be spending #Easter2025 in the #Salcombe area of #SouthDevon and fancy a more unusual walk, try this to Blanksmill Bridge then follow the foreshore. Good for bird spotters. CHECK TIDES! See https://www.happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/Devon/SalcombetoBlanksmillBridge/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20Salcombe%20to%20Blanksmill%20Bridge.htm
#Devon

Great Nodden, Lyd Valley, Dartmoor

A dramatic hill and an unusual shape for the moor. In the foreground a modern cairn made from the surrounding clitter.

Stream at Middlemoor, Whitchurch Down yesterday, #dartmoor #Devon #photography #landscape