Our holiday photos - The Hunter's Inn, Heddon Valley

Walking through the Hotel grounds 

With fairly old & weathered wood carvings in the tree stumps

Lots of these Dog Roses around

Sunshine and blue sky - but cold wind - Jim back to trousers - too cold for shorts!

My identifier says Common Cow-Wheat

Hotel grounds

The view from our little balcony at the entrance to Heddon Lodge

Rather tatty Peacock butterfly - we didn't see many butterflies at all

This was part of a larger carving

Rather sad to see the grounds like this - as in old photos they were magnificent - but National Trust is letting it get back to nature

Blood Hound - only 7 months old - very lively

The view from the lounge window

More carving

The River Heddon that flows down  the valley to the sea

We heard some lovely engine noises and dashed out

We missed most of them, but super Austen cars coming down the 25% hill alongside us

Really going for it

They went past the Hotel and onwards out of the valley

We decided to try to walk some of the path to Woody Bay - uphill all the way !

On a seat on a hairpin bend as the path followed the hill

The path carrying on - we asked a couple of walkers how far until we got a good view out to sea

We carried on - Maisie the faithful "photographers dog"

Looking West - towards Combe Martin

Looking East

Looking on the map think it must be Foreland Point near Lynton

Wales!

The Heddon Valley below us

Heading back down the footpath

Not seen very often - a lovely Jay - such a private bird

Peacock showing off on the roof

A rather unfriendly looking local, sitting in a "Vera style" Land Rover

We met a couple with this Labrador who had sadly injured his back and could only walk for short distances - hence the wheelchair

Saw a few Squirrels

Warmer day, so we walked down the other side of the valley and then over the bridge and down to the Mouth

Lots more flowers closer to the Coast - Sheep's Bit I think

There she was again - Paddle Steamer Waverley

The River arriving at the gravel beach and disappearing

One her way from Penarth to Ilfracombe

Oxeye Daisies

Sea Thrift

Walking back

We gave the dogs a rest from all the rather harsh shale paths

They seemed to really enjoy it

The newest version of a bridge over the river - there's evidence of a wooden one alongside

Narrow bridge on one of the bridleways

They've been working on this while we've been here

That's the lot !