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southcotswoldramblers.org.uk Day 5 - The Quantock Hills Tuesday 15 September 2015 |
Holidays Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 >Day 5< |
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| A quick last look at the map in Holford Car park | |
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| And Richard and Di are ready for us all to go | |
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| We head up the valley | |
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| The contrast of the purple heather and yellow gorse is beautiful | |
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| The scenery is stunning at the top of the Quantocks | |
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| Our back marker doing an excellent job | |
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| Seems happy as well | |
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| Flaunting his Ramblers badge | |
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| The angle of the trees shows how windy it can be up here. | |
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| We admire the view though it's rather damp | |
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| We pose for a final group photo* | |
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| The mist in the foreground and the steam from the steam train in the background | |
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| It's lovely up here | |
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| Richard poses with the Bicknoller Post (That's Richard on the left!) | |
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| Cattle in the heather | |
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| And sheep | |
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| The paths flowing like levadas after the rain | |
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| Hinkley Point in the distance | |
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| Dave identifies Fly Agaric | |
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| We descend to the rather unattractive hamlet of Alfoxton | |
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| But we can still see across the channel | |
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| A disused tennis court | |
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| Deer in the deer farm | |
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| We reach the dog pound so we know we're almost back to Holford. |
| Photos, captions and processing by Sally (and Sue*), uploaded by Mike |