After a very busy Bank Holiday weekend with our bed and breakfast guests we were able to get out yesterday and have a wonderful afternoon in the sun. We went down to the river at Larkham Foot for a stroll (very energetic swim in Soda’s case) to start with as it was so hot. We then went into Winsford and stopped for afternoon tea at Karslake House. We were informed that would be a slight delay as the scones were still cooking in the oven! It was pure bliss to sit in the garden overlooking the village and have a cup of tea and warm scones (cooked by someone else) while soaking up the sun.

After we managed to rally ourselves we went for another walk just up the road on Winsford Hill. The moor looked so beautiful in the early evening sunshine with the beech trees catching the rays of sun and casting shadows on the fields. There were plenty of Exmoor ponies about and the swallows were diving catching the flying insects. It was so clear that we could see the Sidmouth Gap down on the south coast of Devon (approx 50 miles away).

The weather is set to be good for the next week so from our vantage point we could see farmers busy cutting their second cut of grass for hay. Fields of corn have been harvested and are now being worked down ready for re-seeding. The dogs were totally oblivious to everything apart from the possibility of smelling a rabbit (the chances of catching one being a million to one but the anticipation is great)! Charging in and out, up and over bracken, they had a brilliant time.

We went home the long way via Ashwick and Draydon Railing as we just wanted to see as much of the moor as we could in the evening sun (and I didn’t want to go back to the ironing)!