Isobel, Mother and The Boys sit in the sun
A Visit to Okehampton Castle and Dartmoor, Devon - 28th May 2016
On Day One of a few days in Spreyton, Devon, we haul Grandma J out from the house for a trip to nearby Okehampton Castle. On the way back we detour over Dartmoor to the other side of Princetown to walk up a tor.
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Grandma J chats to Fred
Fred and Harry peer around with binoculars
Fred on the swings
An old grass roller on Spreyton playing field
There's an old grey Freguson in the long grass
Fred's on the rings
Pub of the year: The Tom Cobley in Spreyton
Fred on the Chapel Park hill
Mother roams about
Isobel and Sis share a joke
Mother potters about in the kitchen
There's a squirrel in the garden
Harry and cousin sit by the hedge
Isobel and Mother on the patio
A Devon view from the garden
The field next to Mother's house
Okehampton shopping arcade
St. James Street, Okehampton
The old mill on Mill Road
A mob of Jackdaws hang around in Grandma J's tree
Isobel and Fred
The road up to the castle
Harry hangs on to Isobel
The gang walk down the lane to the castle
Harry and Fred run off to explore
The improbably-stacked ruins of Okehampton Castle
Time for lunch
The view over Okehampton from the top of the Motte
Castle graffiti
On the steps down the Motte
In an old hall
Mother clings to a wall
Pretty lilac flowers
Fred looks up
Another improbable stack of ruins
Harry balances something on his head
Harry and Fred get tooled up and join a gang
Harry gets a shield and sword of his own
Harry's sword is presented
There's a whole gang of lads having a sword fight
Harry and Fred cross swords
Sir Harry, the knight
Fighting is paused to see a puppy
Trees, and the castle ticket office
The nearby river
Time for a picnic on the bench
Isobel and Mother chat
Back at the ticket office
Derelict huts in the hills
Walking back up the road
Harry, Grandma J and Fred
Nosher joins the group, as Harry gurns
Fred cautiously dips a foot into the river
Mother and Harry
Fred walks around on the rocks
Fred hides under a shield
We head off onto the moor
A VW camper van heads to Princetown
Back on Dartmoor
Mother sits on a rock
Dartmoor ponies
Fred wanders off
Mother roams around
Fred waves from a Tor
Isobel and Fred on a tor
The boys are dots in the landscape
Mother stands near a pile of rocks
Mother has a sit down on a pile of granite
Fred jumps around amongst the rocks
Fred waves a sword around
Animal trails stand out nicely on the hillside
On the rocks
Fred considers a pile of rocks
Isobel strides about
A gap-toothed Fred hides in the rocks
Isobel on Dartmoor
Harry and Fred
Harry in the bar of the Tom Cobley
Isobel ponders her dinner choices
The gang have a drink before dinner
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Isobel, Mother and The Boys sit in the sun
Isobel, Mother and The Boys sit in the sun
Grandma J chats to Fred
Fred and Harry peer around with binoculars
Fred on the swings
An old grass roller on Spreyton playing field
There's an old grey Freguson in the long grass
Fred's on the rings
Pub of the year: The Tom Cobley in Spreyton
Fred on the Chapel Park hill
Mother roams about
Isobel and Sis share a joke
Mother potters about in the kitchen
There's a squirrel in the garden
Harry and cousin sit by the hedge
Isobel and Mother on the patio
A Devon view from the garden
The field next to Mother's house
Okehampton shopping arcade
St. James Street, Okehampton
The old mill on Mill Road
A mob of Jackdaws hang around in Grandma J's tree
Isobel and Fred
The road up to the castle
Harry hangs on to Isobel
The gang walk down the lane to the castle
Harry and Fred run off to explore
The improbably-stacked ruins of Okehampton Castle
Time for lunch
The view over Okehampton from the top of the Motte
Castle graffiti
On the steps down the Motte
In an old hall
Mother clings to a wall
Pretty lilac flowers
Fred looks up
Another improbable stack of ruins
Harry balances something on his head
Harry and Fred get tooled up and join a gang
Harry gets a shield and sword of his own
Harry's sword is presented
There's a whole gang of lads having a sword fight
Harry and Fred cross swords
Sir Harry, the knight
Fighting is paused to see a puppy
Trees, and the castle ticket office
The nearby river
Time for a picnic on the bench
Isobel and Mother chat
Back at the ticket office
Derelict huts in the hills
Walking back up the road
Harry, Grandma J and Fred
Nosher joins the group, as Harry gurns
Fred cautiously dips a foot into the river
Mother and Harry
Fred walks around on the rocks
Fred hides under a shield
We head off onto the moor
A VW camper van heads to Princetown
Back on Dartmoor
Mother sits on a rock
Dartmoor ponies
Fred wanders off
Mother roams around
Fred waves from a Tor
Isobel and Fred on a tor
The boys are dots in the landscape
Mother stands near a pile of rocks
Mother has a sit down on a pile of granite
Fred jumps around amongst the rocks
Fred waves a sword around
Animal trails stand out nicely on the hillside
On the rocks
Fred considers a pile of rocks
Isobel strides about
A gap-toothed Fred hides in the rocks
Isobel on Dartmoor
Harry and Fred
Harry in the bar of the Tom Cobley
Isobel ponders her dinner choices
The gang have a drink before dinner