Scotland and Exmoor - October 2004

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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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