Lydford Gorge in Devon is home to the Whitelady Waterfall (above). Since my last visit, bad weather, heavy flooding, and raging water cutting through the gorge has caused so much damage that what was the middle part of the gorge is now impassable, and the walk that was, has been cut in two. Now twoContinue reading “Lydford Gorge in B/W”
Category Archives: Devon
Drake Circus
Drake Circus is the main shopping mall in the centre of Plymouth. It opened in 2006, and houses around 70 shops. It’s a handy place to park in the centre of Plymouth, and close to the HMV store, which once was in the centre, but now is just outside! As shopping malls go, it’s nothingContinue reading “Drake Circus”
A Church on a Tor
On the first day of my trip to and around Dartmoor in Devon (UK), I climbed up Brat Tor and visited the granite cross there. You can read that post here if you wish. This post, I climb another Tor, but this time to an entire church, St Michael de Rupe (St Michael of theContinue reading “A Church on a Tor”
Single Photo: Tree in a Park
I made the photo above while on a day visit to Exeter. Although I’ve been to Exeter many times over the years, this was the first time I’ve managed a visit to the gardens. I enjoyed a wander around and made a few photo’s here and there. I was using my Olympus XA2 loaded withContinue reading “Single Photo: Tree in a Park”
Plymouth with the XA2
If you’ve read my last few posts you will know that I took my Hasselblad kit with me on my recent Devon trip. It turned out, as expected, that I would have a couple of city visits while I was there, so I also took along my Olympus XA2 with me, as I didn’t wantContinue reading “Plymouth with the XA2”
Black-a-Tor Copse
Almost 2 years ago I wrote a short post about Whistman’s Wood on Dartmoor. You can read that here if you wish. On that visit I used my Bronica SQA and a roll of Kodak Ektar. It seems that it became too well known, overvisited, and it is hoped that both people and animal visitorsContinue reading “Black-a-Tor Copse”
King’s Tor
Following on from the last post of Bennett’s Cross, a couple of miles down the road, is the “Four Winds” car park. That tells you something before you even get out of the car! In fact on my visit the wind was not much more than a breeze but it was damp, murky and wetContinue reading “King’s Tor”
Bennett’s Cross
A single photo type post! Bennett’s Cross stands up on Dartmoor, it is one of many old/ancient crosses. This one may have been a marker showing the route between the monasteries of Exeter and Tavistock. Benet being a medieval corruption of Benedictine. On the other hand it could take it’s name from William Bennett aContinue reading “Bennett’s Cross”
A Walk from Castle Drogo
Somewhere near the beginning of my trip down to Devon, I made a visit to Castle Drogo. Just visible in the falling rain in the image above. I may do a post about the castle itself at some point. It’s an interesting place, but for now I’ll just say it is the last castle toContinue reading “A Walk from Castle Drogo”
Finding the right spot!
I recently wrote a post about Widgery Cross on the summit of Brat/Bray Tor. You may just make it out in the background, top left. This image was made from the top of Brent Tor, 5.38 miles away as the crow flies. The interesting point of the photo for me though is the gravestones inContinue reading “Finding the right spot!”
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