Two weeks ago.....

Two weeks ago the woods on Exmoor were just at the tipping point between early and full blown spring. Walking down from Dunkerry Beacon I passed throgh this steep sided valley that allowed me to peer into the the tops of the trees rooted downslope. You can just see things are about take off - someaht late this year.

A cold run....

I took these just before it started to snow heavily before Christmas. The run started out in freezing fog and ended in glorious sunshine - as you can see.

View of a very cold Exmoor

This is a panoramic looking towards Exmoor from the Quantocks on one of my runs. Warmer air was blowing in from the West and forming a huge wave coming towards me. You'll have to zoom in to see this.

An autumn cycle....

I took this in October last year on one of my cycles. A beautiful clear day with some mist - you can just see a halo caused by this around the shadow of my head at the bottom of the slope on the right. This is taken just above Kingston St Mary on the way to Broomfield.

A breeze in the grass.......

I'm not quite sure what I am trying to do here except that when the breeze is blowing through the grass, heather and the gorse at this time of year it really is quite special.

Pembroke lichens.......

Early on a wet morning I came across this lichen on some rock just out of reach of the highest tide. I had great difficulty getting the exposure right to bring out the colours.







These ring structures take years to develop - whenever you see them you know that something is pretty old.

From the Algarve......

I just love the textures and colours in this sedimentary rock.



Another splash - a bit of a theme developing



Crikey! Echelon folding on the west coast.