Lustleigh Cleave, a wooded valley on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, is a fascinating area. I've been meaning to take Jane there for a while, and two weeks ago, during the cold snap, we got round to it. We started in Manaton and walked an anti-clockwise loop via the Cleave, Foxworthy, Neadon Cleave, Horsham and Water. Then back to the Rugglestone Inn (best pub on Dartmoor, recently nominated for the Countryfile Magazine awards for the best country pub of the year). Highly recommended.
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| An interesting large canker on an oak tree. |
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| A clearing in Lustleigh Cleave. This photo doesn't quite capture it, but to me there are few winter sights better than purple birch twigs against a blue sky. |
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A holly sitting on a granite boulder, ivy
tendrils seeming to bind tree to rock. |
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| The first snowdrops of the year |
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| An engraved stone sign on the edge of a fascinating property (grass roofs, stone pillars, lake) near Water. |
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