Lynmouth
Jul. 13th, 2025 01:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puddleshark
The "Lynton and Lynmouth funicular Cliff Railway opened in 1890 and is the highest and the steepest totally water powered railway in the world..." www.cliffrailwaylynton.co.uk/.
I popped briefly into Lynmouth for tea on my recent visit to Exmoor, and of course I couldn't resist taking the cliff railway, clanking my way up to Lynton, and back down again.
( A few pictures of Lynmouth )
Holme Gardens, July
Jul. 6th, 2025 02:30 pmpuddleshark
Another overcast grey morning. Made the most of the soft light to head over to Holme Gardens for some flower photography.
( Another floral interlude )
On the heath
Jul. 5th, 2025 12:51 pmpuddleshark
A walk across the heath on an overcast morning, with a cold unsummerly west wind blowing. Sun or no sun, the paths are very beautiful in July, lined with purple Bell Heather and golden grasses.
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Underhill path
Jul. 3rd, 2025 02:10 pmpuddleshark
Took a walk along the underhill path, through the sunlight and the dappled shade. A narrow way, made narrower in summer by the grasses and nettles and the brambles. In the shade, near silence, but for the hum of insects, the flutter of songbirds.
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