More Views from Dartmoor, UK

 I’m posting more scenes from our week exploring Dartmoor in Southeast Britain.  

The top photo shows the cottage we rented in Higher Whiddon Farm. The owners keep thoroughbred horses. 

 We visited Wistman’s Wood on National Trust land. It is a grove of unusual stunted old trees and rocks covered in moss.

 

I had to search for the names of these two unfamiliar flowers: Welsh Yellow Poppy and Pink Purslane.

On our final day, we climbed Yar Tor and took pictures of several Dartmoor ponies. Here’s a closeup of a white mare and large foal with a view across the moor to Sharp Tor.

Views of Dartmoor in Devon, UK.

 

This May, we stayed for a week on Ashburton near Dartmoor in the southeast of Britain. Most days, we went on different hikes over the moor. The moors look bleak in the spring without the purple blooms of heather and the winds are cold. Here are views of some of the places we visited.

We walked along the banks of the Dart River and the Teign River. The top image is a view of Fingle Bridge over the River Teign.

 Bluebells in the woods by a riverbank. 

 

Another day, we climbed to the top of three tors: Rippon Tor, Top Tor and Pil Tor. These tors are close together so it was only a short walk.

The photo above shows the stacked rocks on top of Pil Tor.

 

Yellow flowers of gorse bushes on top of Pil Tor.