Exmoor National Park is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England. It is named after the River Exe, the source of which is situated in the centre of the area.
It’s an unique landscape of moorland, woodland, valleys and farmland, shaped by people and nature over thousands of years.
Exmoor is more precisely defined as the area of the former ancient royal hunting forest, also called Exmoor and was designated a National Park in 1954.
Quantock Common is a site of special scientific interest in the Quantock Hills of West Somerset, which is a range of hills west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England.
The Quantock Hills were England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, being designated in 1956, and consist of large amounts of heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands and agricultural land.
Photographed here and at Crowcombe Combe Cross on a lovely sunny day, and in the early mist with fellow photographers.
Watersmeet is an area approximately 348 hectares (860 acres) partly owned by the National Trust and includes an extensive area of ancient oak woodland.
The house shown dates from approximately 1832 and was built for Walter Stevenson Halliday.
It stands at the bottom of a deep gorge at the confluence of the East Lyn River and Hoar Oak Water.
The house has been a tea garden since 1901, and has been owned by the National Trust since 1936.
To capture a sense of movement with a milky effect on the water, insert as many filters that you have in front of the lens (possibly including a polarising filter), mount the camera on a tripod and take a relatively long exposure by reducing the ISO setting and stopping down as much as possible.
Tarr Steps is a clapper bridge across the River Barle.
They are located in the national nature reserve about 2.5 miles (4 km) south east of Withypool and 4 miles (6 km) north west of Dulverton in Devon.
A typical clapper bridge construction, the bridge's listing assesses it as medieval in origin.
The stone slabs weigh up to two tons each.
A local story goes that the Devil built the bridge at Tarr Steps and still has sunbathing rights on its stones.
The myth says that the devil swore he would kill anyone who tried to cross his bridge.
The terrified locals got the parson to face him. A cat was sent over the Bridge but was vaporised in a puff of smoke.
The parson then set off and met the Devil midway. The Devil swore and intimidated him but the parson reciprocated equally and finally the Devil conceded to let people pass except when he wants to sunbathe.
Half of the bridge was washed away by the river whilst heavily swollen by rain in December 2012 and was re-assembled.
It was damaged again in November 2016 and will, according to Somerset County Council be rebuilt again.
Dunster Gallox Bridge is a late medieval packhorse stone bridge dating from the 15th century.
It crosses the River Avill at the southern end of the village, below Dunster Castle at a point which may have been the limit of tidal flow during the medieval period.
It was important for the transportation of wool and other goods to the market within the village which was established by 1222.
The name is derived from the nearby gallows and is approached via a raised causeway for pedestrians, while wheeled traffic uses the adjacent ford.
Wind Hill looking down the the towns of Lynton & Lynmouth.
Lymouth straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet (210 m) below Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible.
Both villages are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, which works two cable-connected cars by gravity, using water tanks.
On 15-16 August 1952, a storm of tropical intensity broke over South West England, depositing 229 millimetres (9.0 in) of rain within 24 hours on an already waterlogged Exmoor.
Debris-laden floodwaters cascaded down the northern escarpment of the moor, converging upon the village of Lynmouth.
Overnight, over 100 buildings were destroyed or seriously damaged along with 28 of the 31 bridges, and 38 cars were washed out to sea.
In total, 34 people died and a further 420 were made homeless.
Porlock Common - with Porlock Bay in the background.
Consisting of heathland west of the village of Porlock right on the top of Exmoor, with commanding views Northwards over the Bristol Channel towards Wales.
Rising to a height of 436 meters (1,430 feet).
Heddon’s Mouth is a rocky cove on the coast of North Devon, about a mile down the River Heddon from the local Hunter’s Inn. It's preserved for the nation by the National Trust.
In previous times it was a popular venue for smugglers, but is now a popular destination for ramblers.
The cove is so isolated that during World War II, a German U-Boat captain was able to allow his men ashore for relaxation without fear of detection.
