Home from abroad.

We are thrilled to have eldest son and Oz home for a while- they have brought the sunshine with them. England looks amazing at the moment with all the wild flowers. This is surely the best month of the year and we tell Oz it is always like this!

Forget-me-nots

We have been in this parish for over a year now and The Curate is learning about protocol, parishes and politics - a challenge at the best of times. I am writing reports and planning our escape for a summer holiday so Blogging is on the back burner at the moment. We have had some great walks on the moor - searching for the most recently discovered stone cross -  and the foals are so adorable ( and prolific) at the moment.

The view from the King wall, Dartmoor

More foals at King's Tor

  

The Curate is covering for others on holiday this week and trying to complete his portfolio for the end of his curacy.  We still managed to get out and enjoy the moor as the rain cleared and left bright, warm sunshine. We walked on Kings Tor today and when we stumbled on these two, we thought that yesterday's foals had moved up the moor. When we compared the photographs we saw they were slightly different (- maybe they share the same father!)

The pones are more exposed up here on the higher moor - and they seemed to enjoy the warm sun we had today.  These ponies do belong to farmers but they run free over the moor - keeping the moorland from becoming overgrown with gorse and bracken.
  








 And here are some more pictures of our local pair enjoying the sun this evening. They seem the best of friends at the moment. I will update their progress on a new page - see the sidebar panel.

Ponies and foals -a bit of a girlie post!

It is a day off for The Curate after a busy few days and it is too wet to go anywhere other than 'round the block' on our normal daily dog walk. This takes us across a corner of the moor.

 We often pass the moor ponies and recently we have seen a number of mares looking ready to foal. Yesterday we noticed  a couple of the new arrivals.  I thought I would post their photos - after all - it is Spring!