Entrance to the pathway down to Culbone Church

Culbone Church (correct title is St Beuno's Church) is on the South West Path walk but can also be reached from the 'top' via farming lanes and tracks.  Rambler Helen knew her way into this area.  The church seats only 33, has a newly donated organ, and there are recent headstones in the graveyard.

Bossington, near Porlok

Self at the Packhorse Bridge, Bossington. Bossington is a National Trust village, only one mile from Porlock--but a world apart.

The leper's window, Culbone Church

There was once (16th century) a leper colony in the woods at Culbone--they could look through into the church from outside via this window or 'squint'.

Holford Glen, near Nether Stowey

Deer stalking by car Holford Glen, where Romanticism started, so they say.  The hunt starts soon so this animal's days may be numbered.

Helen and Jackie at Culbone Church

Helen and Jackie at Culbone Church, north of Porlock. This is the smallest church in England that is still operational.  You have to access by a forest walk from Porlock or driving to a farm and then walking down into the combe.

Purple haze

The heather has just turned a deep purple on the moors north of Porlock. Wales in the distance across the water.

The moors north of Porlock

The open top bus on Exmoor north of Porlock.  Getting up Porlock Hill was fun--the gradient is 1 in 4 and I was stuck behind an antique Austin that almost seemed to go backwards.  The Hyundai never made it out of first gear.