A misty start to the day but no rain at breakfast time. Set off for the moor via Lynmouth. I wanted to find something on the moor like bridges or standing stones, there are plenty marked on the OS map (sheet OL9). Once on the moor rain came down and as I had left my waterproof trousers at the hotel decided to stay in the car and drove on to Exford via Simonsbath. Stopped for Ethiopian Coffee! And crumpets at Exford then continued onto Dunster and parked up for a couple of hours. Walked around the picturesque village then went into the castle grounds (castle closed on Thursdays) but did use National Trust corporate membership to get free entry. Rain held off for most of the time but views restricted by mists. Once finished at Dunster drove back via Minehead and a stop on the moors after negotiating Porlock hill. Took pictures of rain drops on the gorse as fog now heavy. Final leg back to hotel visibility very poor, down to 50 feet.
After evening meal (smoked trout and cheeseboard) sky much clearer so took chance to get pictures of sunset. Good shots hampered by rain drops on the lens, or should I say graduated filter. Used flexible lens hood to try to restrict rain getting onto filter. This worked well in the afternoon on 55-250 lens as the hood is quite deep.
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