Wednesday 20th August 2014
Day One: Dartmoor (Devon)
Postbridge
Postbridge
Postbridge
Postbridge
Dartmoor
Dartmoor
Dartmoor
Dartmoor
Grimspound
Grimspound
Grimspound
Grimspound
Grimspound
Grimspound
Moretonhampstead
Moretonhampstead
View from Haytor
Haytor
Haytor
Dartmoor
Dartmoor
Day Two: Marazion (Cornwall)
St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
St Michael’s Mount
Marazion
Marazion
St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount
The Giant’s Heart
Cornwall
Mounts Bay
Mounts Bay
The Entrance Hall
The Chevy Chase Room
The Chevy Chase Room
The Chevy Chase Room
St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
Mounts Bay
The Priory Church
The Priory Church
The Priory Church
The Map Room
St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
St Michael’s Mount Gardens
Mounts Bay
Mounts Bay
St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount
Mounts Bay
St Michael’s Mount
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Marazion
Day Three: Land’s End & Penzance (Cornwall)
Land’s End
The Armed Knight & Longships Lighthouse
The Armed Knight & Longships Lighthouse
Greeb Farm
Granite cliffs
The Armed Knight & Longships Lighthouse
Enys Dodman
Granite cliffs
The Armed Knight & Longships Lighthouse
The Armed Knight & Longships Lighthouse
Enys Dodman
Enys Dodman
The Armed Knight & Longships Lighthouse
The Armed Knight & Longships Lighthouse
Greeb Farm
Land’s End Heathland
Heathland & Greeb Farm
Egyptian House
Egyptian House
Turks Head (1233)
Turks Head (1233)
Turks Head (1233)
Turks Head (1233)
Penzance
Penzance
Penzance
Penzance
Day Four: Exmoor (Wessex)
On the way to Porlock
On the way to Porlock
On the way to Porlock
On the way to Porlock
Watersmeet
Watersmeet
Watersmeet House
Watersmeet House
Watersmeet
Watersmeet
Watersmeet
Watersmeet
Watersmeet
Rockford
Rockford
Rockford
Watersmeet
Watersmeet
Watersmeet
Watersmeet
Watersmeet
Watersmeet
Castle Rock
Castle Rock
Castle Rock
Castle Rock
Lynton
Lynton
Lynton
This trip was the closest we have been to ‘travelling’ since being in South America. In our 5 days from London, through the West Country and back, we actually managed to cover an impressive 800 miles:
- Drove to The Blue Ball Inn near Exeter after work on Wednesday
- Spent Thursday in Dartmoor and drove to Marazion for dinner the same night
- Spent two nights in Marazion
- Drove to Land’s End on Saturday and then to Exmoor via Penzance on Saturday
- Spent two nights in Exmoor before driving back to London on Monday
We were pretty blessed with the weather until Monday when our trip was cut a little short by the rain. We had hoped to spend some time in the villages of Porlock (very near where we were staying at The Culbone) and Selworthy which were on route back to London, but it was too wet to enjoy being outside. We holed up in a pub for a while in Porlock before admitting defeat and driving back to London. The rain followed us all the way.
Our five days were filled with cooked breakfasts and cream teas, walks and drives through the most beautiful heathland, moorland and woodland, along coastline, narrow, narrow country lanes and through quaint villages, St Michael’s Mount and its gardens, happy animals, the oldest pub we’ve ever been in (1233), a pretty wonderful sunset and lots of sleep. Perfect! Although you didn’t need me to tell you that, the photos speak for themselves.
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