Finally - Summer!

We finally had a few days of proper sunshine, after a long wet - WET - summer. I had to make the most of the opportunity, so headed for the hills ...

Dartmoor seen clear as a bell from Anstey Common A red deer stag in velvet, with a pair of hinds The ephemeral beauty of grass flowers in the evening sun A hind and calf. The calf still has its baby spots Sunset on Molland Common The road down the side of Dunkery, heading towards Porlock A dark green fritillary (that's its name. I am not colour blind.) By jiminy - a cricket! A reasonably co- operative grayling A wind farm in Wales, viewed from Selworthy Common Another view of Wales, across the Bristol Channel. Parasitic dodder growing on the gorse. A resident of one of the funnel webs in the gorse. ... And there is Wales again... A painted lady - underside... ... and topside A kind of stitchwort. Tiny, but tough! Haymaking has been in full swing near Porlock Farming creates a wonderful patchwork. A small copper (and I don't mean a tiny policeman ...) The underside of a tiny policeman... I mean small copper. Another cricket... Turning the hay.