Walking the Coleridge Way

By: ullypug

Jun 27 2015

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Near Chidgley looking down into Roadwater valley

Lunch at Luxborough

A beautiful day today, climbing up through tree lined coombes, through quiet villages, farms and across fields of grass, sheep and cows…

Woods at Birds Hill

On Lype Hill

After a very filling breakfast (nice sausages), we embarked on the first of three significant climbs up out of the valley, over the top and then back down to the village of Roadwater. This very much set the pattern for the day, a long climb with a bit of vaguely flat ground before a knee crunching descent. The second of these took us to our lunch stop in Luxborough and a well placed bench next to a babbling brook.

Near Treborough

The final climb was the worst as it coincided with the hottest part of the day but the views from the trig point up on Lype Hill North across Dunkery and onto the Welsh coast made up for it.

View of Dunkery and tomorrow’s route

On Lype Hill

Near Pitleigh

Looking back to Newcombe Farm and down to Luxborough

We’re presently sitting in the lounge of the Exmoor House Hotel discussing what birds we saw today. We think one was a Whitear. The other may have been a Shrike but Siskin is a possibility and books are presently being consulted. See we  are quite cultured really.

Guilty pleasures

Looking forward to tonight’s tea. A ‘proper pie’ apparently. Puddings may also be necessary although Itll have to go some way to beating the creme brûlée I had last night. It involved amonds and ginger…