Today is my Gotcha Day. 
4 years ago, I moved in with this lady, aka Mom. At first, I didn't understand what she was looking at in that big black box, so I had to check it out. Then, I quickly realized my part was to strike a pose, so I did. I think I did well since the very first day. And it has been 4 years already. 
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Here are some #TreesInExmoor which I photographed on my #DulvertonToTarrSteps #hike at the weekend. I selected them basically on their aesthetic profiles and so the selection is necessarily subjective. They’re presented with little to no commentary.
By the time we’d got back to our car on the #DulvertonToTarrSteps, I was basically spent for the day. Just one thing remained. #Dulverton is only about 10 km from #WimbelballReservoir. This #ArtificalLake was formed by the construction of a #dam. It’s not really remarkable except that this is the reservoir that feeds my home #city and so I just stopped off there to see it. You can see that it also provides recreational facilities.
I try to watch where I’m stepping, though it’s not easy if the ground gets too rough and irregular. Here, I avoided the impressive #beetle which was minding its own business.
A bit further along, some of the pine trees which have been cut down are piled up. Counting the rings, it seems that they were around 25 years old.
These #PineTrees are grown for #softwood #timber. They have been planted in a regular array, producing an interesting geometrical effect. They’re about 25-30 m tall.
Some barely living trees had become very oddly shaped in their later years.
Some #paths are little more than #mudtracks and as it had rained heavily on the previous day, #puddles remained and the ground was quite muddy… Part of the fun of #hiking, I find, is getting a bit dirty in the process.
#PublicFootpaths often go through #farmland but also sometimes through #farmyards. Walking through one of the latter, we spotted these #chickens. The #hens started to retreat to their #barn as they spotted us approaching while the #cock remained outside just to make sure we weren’t going to try anything.
The return leg of the #hike from #DulvertonToTarrSteps was significantly longer in terms of distance as it followed a meandering river on its way to #Dulverton. Here are some interesting and noteworthy features of the journey.
After our lunch, it was time to cross the #bridge and resume our #hiking back towards #Dulverton. We’d done just over 11 km up to this point.
According to #Wikipedia, the #TarrSteps are form of construction called a #ClapperBridge and were originally built in #Medieval times but these are not the original stones as they have been damages and swept away several times in their history during storms and rebuilt, luckily in the same manner.
When we finally got to this destination, it was time to relax. For the first time since breakfast at around 6 am, I had something to eat and drink. It was a wonderful feeling and helped revive me almost instantly. As it was a fine day, may people were gathered here, just having a good time.
The first enigmatic view of the #TarrSteps was from behind trees. Here, we could see people crossing the river.
