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A touch of colour
It’s that time of year when the colour pallette of Exmoor changes from pale, warm yellow to pink, lavender and purple. The moor is alive with the sound of bees and other insects feasting on a banquet of heather nectar. All three species of heather carpet the moor and this reaches peak purple in late […]
When the year gets older it starts wearing purple
September 15, 2021
Well that was a hectic summer, busy, busy, busy. Congestion, snarl-ups, queues and everyone wanted to head to the beach when the sun was out. It was mayhem. We can now embrace autumn in a slightly less frenetic mood. Small tortoiseshell Common Blue (male) Common Blue (female) Looking into Somerset from Devon and looking into […]
More Moor Meanderings
August 27, 2020
It’s the end of summer and here’s the the way August has played out so far with warm downpours and gusty blows. In-between times there’s been big skies and solitary walks up on the moor. A reminder to all locals that you can escape the traffic jams, the Georgeham double decker bus queue, the Mortehoe […]
Purple rain on Exmoor
August 20, 2017
There’s been a lot of rain this summer. (Who’d have thought that when scientists said we would have warmer, wetter summers that we actually would?). Anyhow apart from making the tourists pissed off and having to plan when to mow the lawn, it has meant that north Devon is looking green and lush at the […]
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August 18, 2026
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