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Wandering around looking for clouds and puddles
Damp and green and mizzley
Another Sunday and another tramp across the moor and down into the, not so hidden, valleys. Damp under foot, mizzle in the air, rivers in full flood and the mossy tree trunks in magnificent saturated green. Hoar Oak Water Fall The fishing lodge Oak spagetti Big boys wondering why we’re not watching the Sunday afternoon […]
Posted in: Exmoor, The Essential Contentment of Futile Wanderings
After the rain
January 6, 2024
As the planet warms up, there will be more moisture in the air and therefore more rain. This winter has been exceptionally wet so far here in North Devon. It can be fair to say that it has rained every day for the past 10 weeks… However, when the rain stops then a muddy plod […]
BTS; the story of Calendar 24
December 15, 2023
If you are new round here, welcome to the photo blog. Maybe you had the Beautiful North Devon Calendar as a Christmas present and are scrolling? Well, you are in the right place if you are calendar curious, photography curious and/or North Devon curious. The is the Behind The Scenes blog about the story of […]
Bimble from Brendon to the Sea
December 11, 2023
Friends are the oxygen of contentment in the christmas pickled onions of your brief existence on this lovely blue planet, we call home. Here’s some photos of a futile wander down the East Lyn to Hoar Oak Water and onwards down to Lynmouth. Where there is a house they called the Rising Sun, it’s been […]
Wet, wet, wet.
November 12, 2023
This autumn has been wet. Wet. Wet. But not cold. It’s sodden underfoot too. Boots and the swish of goretex pound the muddy lanes. Head down in the rain, but Between the showers, brief moments of light, Break through to lift the heart. \ \ Thanks for looking, don’t forget to like and subscribe (what […]
Foam Party
November 2, 2023
Autumn storm Ciaran brought havoc and floods to many parts of the UK, here in North Devon we had a quiet night with light winds as we sat in the eye of the storm. The wind and rain came at day break along with massive onshore waves. I popped down to Barricane, the curry beach, […]
Combe Thursdays
October 26, 2023
A few drinks in the Welly then on to a fab curry, recommended, at Tandori Nights (bottom of Oxford Grove), with some old folks. iphone 7, cracked screen, shit battery, outdated o/s And you can buy me a coffee at -> https://ko-fi.com/esterspears Thank you
Oh what fun we had ….
October 16, 2023
On Lundy Island for my third trip of the year to Tibbetts, this time with a rag tag bunch of family and dear friends to celebrate my birthday, my retirement and my bus pass! I didn’t take too many photos because I was laughing so much, however these few will trigger memories of the most […]
Posted in: Lundy, The Essential Contentment of Futile Wanderings
Beautiful North Devon Calendar 2024
September 27, 2023
It’s here the latest edition (and best so far) of the Beautiful North Devon calendar. Twelve stunning and crispy fresh new images taken over the last year in North Devon, Exmoor and Lundy. Putsborough Exe head Lundy Woolacombe Exmoor South Light Saunton East Lyn River A4 fold out to A3 The early-bird price to my […]
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Fish supper on Woolacombe beach
July 17, 2023
What a sight as over 800 herring guls feed on sand eel in the shallows of Woolacombe beach. If you click and enlarge this foto you can see the sand eel, small silver fish, jumping in the surf Like this A single black backed gul joined the party As well as some back headed guls […]
Posted in: Birds, Woolacombe
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