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Taken on a short stay near Barnstaple in October 2013.

A sycamore trunk pushing its way through the stones of the hedge-bank.

Ilfracombe Harbour taken from the top deck of the Exmoor Coaster

Snow at Bideford Quay, before it got worse

Judging the Exmoor Horns.

Emily on her stall in the Craft Hall (tent).

Snowy morning, before sunrise...

Blue tit at its nest in the farm diesel tank casing.

Daylight reveals the bale stack!

Karen watching the dogs.

Field mushrooms and unknown apples - perhaps Scarlet Bramley?

Same thing £3.82 in the Watergate 50 yards away.

Flower Pot People of Berrynarbor

"Share nicely, now..."

The sun dropping into the Atlantic.

Just as well we fixed the lights on the Massey Fergusson!

If your dog is on the beech all day they are going to get sandy balls!

Only in Devon... two scones, clotted cream and jam to takeaway. Screw your kebab, this is a true heart attack waiting to happen.

Cottage cat.

Extracts from

a walk round the farm hedges...

Sought after?

(In Hillsborough Road, Ilfracombe.)

home grown strawbs

Always a shock to find that the wall doesn't go down to floor level... but it does explain why water was coming through onto the kitchen floor.

Scenes from the cleave

We took a a walk into Ilfracombe. It has changed very little in the 40 odd years I have been visiting North Devon.