Saturday 18 June 2011

Motorhome Wanderings



Sat.18th June 2011.
                           This is my first post for 6 weeks because we've been out exploring our beautiful countryside in my favourite months of the year ... May & early June. We travelled down into Shrophire and walked in the hills around Church Stretton before moving on to the Somerset Levels. After a few days of cycling and visiting the nature res. in this fasinating area we  moved south again into Devon then east into Dorset and finally moving into the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire.There are too many tales, facts and photos to show on this post, but perhaps the briefest of pictures on our never ending pursuit for the many wonders and mysteries of nature.

Climbing up the Lawley in the Shrophire Hills
Glastonbury Tor above the Somerst Levels
                  
Cycling in the Somerset Levels
The first of several orchids that we found on Dartmoor

Early Purple Orchid
The Lydford Gorge
Torcross  South Devon
Along the coast near Beesands
Southern Marsh Orchid ?
Walking towards Blackpool Sands near Dartmouth
Kingswear
Coleton Fishacre...  Nat. Trust
Off the Path deep in a Devonshire Wood

Dorset .... Jurassic Coast
Ammenite fossil
Chocolate Box Cottage in Kimmeridge
Another Cream Tea
Corfe Castle Camping Site
Dorset coast near Durlston Head
Bee Orchids scorched with the dry sunny weather during May
Bee Orchid
Orchids on Corfe Common


The Chalk Downs above the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire


Fragrant Orchid
The Greater Butterfly Orchid

                          

3 comments:

  1. What a wonderful time you have had and such lovely places to visit!

    It is a long time since I went to the Dartmouth area but I remember it fondly.

    It must have been such a treat to see all those Orchids.

    The cream tea looked good too ;)

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  2. Welcome back and as always lovely pics with great collection of Orchids.

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  3. Wish I could go to those places with a Motorhome of my own. But I'll just have to settle with these pictures. Just looking at those pictures, I can tell that you guys were really having fun with your "wanderings."

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