 Luttrell Arms Hotel, HQ for Exmoor hiking. 15th Century. Taken from inside yarn market structure.
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 Dovecote in Dunster, Sunday before starting hiking.
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 Dunster in the rain.
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 First view of Dunster castle.
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 Suzanne at Dunkery Beacon, the start of the first days walk.
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 Rowan tree.
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 Typical cross-pasture trek.
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 Stoke Pero church.
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 Gate into churchyard at Stoke Pero.
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 Hikers on day one - still smiling.
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 End of day one looking down on Porlock.
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 Downtown Dunster, with the Luttrell Arms Hotel on the left and the castle in the background.
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 Second days walk started here along the Bhar River.
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 Sometimes you get a footbridge, other times you leap.
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 Just a nice picture.
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 Stone bridge.
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 Rain gear often required.
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 Any excuse to stop for a while. Watching a fisherman land his catch.
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 Success. Catch and release season, at least while we were watching.
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 Stopped for rain gear.
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 Group crossing Tarr Steps. Big slabs of rocks across river.
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 Farmhouse converted to teahouse at Tarr Steps. End of hike.
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 Tarr Steps.
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 Local color in Dunster. Taken across street from Luttrell Arms, shows Yarn Market Hotel where we stayed last night in Dunster.
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 Stopped at a bend in the trail to Watersmeet.
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 Watersmeet and sunshine.
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 Watersmeet bridge.
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 Waters of the Hoar Oak and the Lei meet at Watersmeet.
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 Lime kiln at Watersmeet.
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 No trip would be complete without a fungus.
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 Woodland walk.
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 Lunch spot beside river at trail junction.
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 Adventurers after lunch.
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 Stone houses everywhere.
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 We were not the only hikers. Mandarin ducks.
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 Rain. Just so you can see the typical view.
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 But after rain, a rainbow.
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 Lots of old hedge rows, and sheep everywhere.
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 Urban hiking in Exmoor.
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 We stopped for cider and/or tea at the Staghorn Pub in Brendon.
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 Falconry and Animal Farm.
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 Scenery.
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 Allerford and its packhorse bridge.
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 Allerford.
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 View of Selworthy from the trail.
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 View from the trail on the way to Doone Farm.
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 Church in Dunster.
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 Village scene.
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 Coastline from trail to Selworthy beacon.
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 Coastline from the trail to Selworthy Beacon.
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