Exmoor ponies are a mountain and moorland breed native to the British Isles. Although they roam free within specific areas of Exmoor, most are actually in private ownership. They are well suited to the weather conditions and poor grazing on the moor being much closer in lineage to the wild horses from thousands of years ago than e.g. modern day race horses.
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Sketching the harbour scene at Porlock Weir, Somerset. Wiki says "Porlock" comes from the Old English port loca, meaning an enclosure near a harbour. Porlock Weir refers to the salmon stakes and traps that used to be situated along the shore.
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The regulars will know that I'm not much of a pub person partly because I don't drink and drive but also because a night out at a pub now costs rather a lot. Even a couple of pints or two glasses of can cost up to £10, an insane price that has spelt the end for many pubs across Britain.
However, Saturday Timewatch seems a suitable place to record the closure of Portland Bill's Pulpit Inn, a place we have been to a couple of times for b-side's annual music and history events. Like so many pubs it has clearly struggled in recent years and from chatting to several locals, didn't have the best reputation for either food or drink. They also claimed it was much more loved in past decades.
Originally The Devenish Arms, supplied by Weymouth's Devenish Brewery, the mid 1950's building is now likely to be demolished and rebuilt to become holiday homes with some sort of bar and restaurant on the ground floor. I would imagine that with sea views all around, the cost of staying there will be very high.
NOTE : During a short break away from Dorset, internet access is likely to be sporadic for the next few days.
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Earlier this week It was good to see quite a number of Four-spotted Chaser dragonflies (Libellula quadrimaculata). Thankfully, they are one of Britain's most common dragonflies.
Damselflies and dragonflies of Dorset # 3
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Taken today at the opticians.
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