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Day 1 - Dunster and the
Tall Trees Trail
Friday 11 September
2015
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| Richard leads our first walk of the holiday from just outside the hotel. He tells us about the 17th Century Yarn Market and the cannon ball that damaged one of the roof beams. | |
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| This looks to be the hole it made. | |
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| We walk through Dunster | |
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| Passing pretty cottages | |
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| And crossing the Gallox Bridge, | |
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| We enter Dunster Woodland on a wide path | |
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| With views to the other side, and speculation about the pattern in the uppermost field | |
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| Regenerating well after a fire | |
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| We didn't get to see him. | |
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| Di poses here .Clearly the start of something important. | |
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| It's the Dunster Tall Trees trail. | |
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| Mike demonstrates the handy clinometer lined up with the tallest tree in England. | |
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| We have our picnic at this tranquil spot at the foot of the tree. | |
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| Richard dwarfs it, of course. (Other captions were available!) | |
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| There are woodland messages on the footbridges | |
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| And significant events marked out on this tree's lines. | |
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| A comparison with the tallest tree in the world. | |
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| Some of us remember passing this last year from a different direction | |
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| A fig, unlikely to ripen now | |
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| By luck we happen to block the path where this farmer is moving his sheep | |
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| Fortunately this is where he wants them to go. | |
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| We pass a large ant hill | |
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| And Dave finds a large cone | |
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| A cross-section of it. (There are more cones to come later!) | |
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| Richard leads us safely back to Dunster over the Gallox Bridge | |
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| And we enter the Dream Garden | |
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| Cosmos | |
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| Dave identifies a painted lady | |
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| The colours are amazing | |
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| So many different varieties | |
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| Richard smiling among the flowers. |
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Photos,captions and processing by Sally, uploaded by Mike |