Valley of the Doones

Walking in England - Exmoor – Watersmeet , Tuesday 1998 August 4

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August 4th 1998
We drove up to Exmoor, which is wide and almost flat. The ground cover is short with patches of low bracken and wild flowers, mostly heather and cowslip – purple and yellow again. There is also Cross-leaf Heath, with very small, very pink flowers. The ground is boggy from all the rain yesterday, but this is apparently ... read more

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