Thursday 14 April 2011

ON EXMOOR....

TREE ON EXMOOR
Exmoor is a National Park in the south west of England. The area of the park is spread over two counties  - 71% is in the county of Somerset and 29% is in Devon. The entire park covers an area of 267.5 sq miles.
It is primarily an upland area with a dispersed population mainly living in small villages and hamlets.

Before it was a National Park Exmoor was a Royal Forest and hunting ground which was sold off in 1818. Exmoor was designated a National Park in 1954 and is named after the main river that flows out of the district - the River Exe.

13 comments:

ADRIAN said...

This is my favourite image so far. I'll keep hanging in for a better one but have my doubts I'll see it. This is perfection.

all ways 11 o'clock said...

i am this is a beautiful park Trevor. the rocks around the tree so nicely placed in your photograph
looks as though they were spit out of the earth.

~robert

TrevorW�� said...

*Adrian
Wow..! Thanks so much for such a wonderful comment on this image.

*all ways 11 0'clock
Thanks Robert.
I always think of Exmoor as being Feminine and Dartmoor feeling more masculine.. Exmoor is beautiful and Datmoor is more rugged.

Anonymous said...

how inviting a sight. looks even stronger than time itself.

please have a good friday.

daily athens

Olga said...

I really enjoyed reading the comments; especially your comment about Exmoor being feminine and Datmoor being masculine. Beautiful photo.

Anonymous said...

NIce one Trevor.
I love the story behind the picture - makes the picture just that more special.

I see what you mean it's mainly black and white in this blog. But i love it.

Nice job!

cello

http://cello-in.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

Your little post are always interesting as to read ! I like your beautiful picture !

Bye :))

Leovi said...

Wonderful composition in B / W, high-quality, charm, very poetic. Greetings ..

Sile said...

Trevor, una ottima foto, un caro saluto. Sile

Anonymous said...

Thanks for dropping by Trevor and leaving the comment about the sepia picture. I did consider it looking better with a darker sky - but it was sooo bright that day, and I don't edit my pictures when I take them. I like to leave them as natural as possible. :-)

so is this blog more for your pictures, and the other about cycling? Must be tough maintaining two blogs - I struggle with one. :-)

Luzia said...

I love this kind of trees in such a landscape. Nice to paint such scenes..... Hugs from Luzia.

Unknown said...

a delight for the eyes. i like it very much.

SKIZO said...

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Another Reservoir Structure.

  Add caption Yet another structure to be found around the banks of the Burrator Reservoir near Yelverton in Devon UK... This one appears to...