Back home

After our trip to Italy we spent a week or so back at home, sorting things, washing and eating mountains of strawberries that had grown whilst we were away. My mum and dad had been over to water the garden (this was mid/end of June so part of the long hot summer) so when we got back we had courgettes and strawberries a plenty. We didn’t feel like heading out to walk straight away, so we just made do with a walk from the door, around the expanding country park that is being created here. Previous farmers fields are now paths and routes winding their way around a short valley, giving great views across South Hams and up to the southern end of Dartmoor. The walk is around an hour or so, along pavements to start and then into the parkland. They had opened a new section on the far side of the valley, which we hadn’t been to so took that in as well.

Gatekeeper butterfly on our scabious plant at home
Country park on the left, we’ve walked around 15 minutes to get here.
And like that you are in rolling South Hams countryside
200 metres to my left is the start of the houses but you wouldn’t know it. This country park should give a way to get to Brixton without walking the roads as well.
Down one of the paths into the valleys
Lots of Gatekeepers and White butterflies here
Heading up the other side of the valley into the new section
Looking back along the valley
The new section, planted with bushes and trees so hopefully some of them will grow
Heading back
The pond, lots of dragonflies here. It was a blisteringly hot day but still good to get out for a bit and maybe a little motivation to head out again.

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