Today I’m sitting here wrapped in a blankie trying to keep warm but we had summer last month and I’m cheering myself up looking at these photos I took on a summery day out.
Bluebells are later on the moor
Looking East from Hound tor
A little adventure
A winter victim
The Medieval village near Hound tor
Returning from the Medieval village
The church at Widecombe in the moor
A very old grave in the churchyard
Postbridge, a Medieval clapper bridge
I love the idea of Bluebells on the moor, reminds me of a wonderful old novel. I hope it warms up where you are, Gilly!
They were carpeting in a couple of places but I couldn’t stop because of narrow roads. It isn’t much warmer, I’m wearing a t shirt and sweat shirt!
Wonderful evocative pictures! “Hound tor” – I suppose that’s THE Hound? Holmes and Watson? And the clapper bridge fascinates me. Those slabs of stone have to be heavy and massive and just generally awkward to maneuver into position. Today we’d use a crane (well, today we wouldn’t build such a bridge, but if we were going to we would use a crane), but how in the world did medieval people get them correctly aligned and lowered onto the piers?
Yes! it is the very same HOUND and on a dark, misty night …
How things got built back in those days I can’t imagine, just look at my cathedral shots – how could they possible have achieved that a thousand years ago?
What lovely pictures. I feel like I’m just come back from a short and sweet vacation. Thanks.
What a lovely comment Tess, thank you
Beautiful shots Gilly. Especially loved the Clapper bridge. Thank you for sharing your summery day with us.
Thanks Madhu, the bridge just has to be walked across!
Your photos are wonderful. I’m glad they are keeping you warm now.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Francine I’m rather keen on a particular photo of yours too
Gosh it sounds cold Gilly, hope Summer returns soon …. The dartmoor images are lovely, especially the clapper bridge, then the climbing, a thrill of adventure spices up the day,
I’ve been away and it was warmer, but I’m shivering again today!
Summer is officially here! Your images are oh so lovely.
Summer may be with you but its not with me
glad you enjoyed!
Great photos Gilly. I keep hoping the summer weather will come back, but like you, I’m not packing away my blankets for the rainy days and nights.
I really hope you get some nice weather for your family’s visit!
Lovely photos. Bluebells are such pretty flowers.
and they smell divine!
What fun! Wish I could do just that!
The air up on the moor is so fresh and clean, it blows away all the stresses!
Fine photos
Thank you Celestine!
wonderful photos Gilly…take heart in that you are not the only one cold. it is freezing here today…really, freezing
Sounds like a blankie and book day!
Yep it is…helping one friend edit her book…got another two to review, and working with a photographer friend on his 10 minute film script….so…heater on, blanket at the ready…coffee hot…read, read, read,
Hope it warms up for you soon.
Ooooh, love the graveyard shot and that beautiful old bridge
Thanks, I’m glad you like the grave too, there are often good photo opps in churchyards!
Oh that bridge!
Yes its awesome, it has to be touched!
These pictures are lovely, Gilly. That old grave is certainly a poignant place. It instantly makes we want to know about the person buried there and his family. And makes me stop and realize anew how many thousands of people have lived, died, and been buried for centuries before I walked the face of this earth.
But the bridge is my favorite.
Thanks for sharing these, and belive me, if I could, I would send you some of our heat. We are in a severe draught and cruel heatwave where I live. All of our grass is dead and many trees dying. I am definitely praying for relief, and if I could box some of these temperatures up and ship them to you, I’d gladly do so.
Thanks Sandra! Widecombe church like many very old ones, has lots of graves with the same family names, fascinating to wander around and read the about the husbands, wives and children (often lost too young) buried there. Postbridge is lovely and very old, its strange to think that it was once the only way across.
I’ve read about some of the extreme weather you have been having, so sad that people are suffering, as well as livestock and the land itself.