Micro 4/3 LX100 goes to Devon

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Another trademark packed weekend away. This time we stayed in Dartmouth, South Devon. A very pretty place on the Dart estuary with lots going on and a ridiculous number of hills!
NB all photos have been tweaked to some extent; mostly just my LX100 preset applied in LR but a few also in Color Efex Pro. I've added "CEP" to the description if they were 'Nik'd'

First we stopped at Killerton House near Exeter: nice landscapes around the house (CEP)
View attachment 118323Killerton #1 by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

the church had some good carvings:
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Killerton #2
by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

Then Dartmouth...this is one of the hills we had to walk up and down into town: (NB this is a cheat as it's actually a TZ60 photo!!) (CEP)
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Browns Hill Dartmouth
by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

There was a rowing race going on in the river one afternoon:
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Dartmouth Rowing Race
by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

This isn't an accident...the ferry has to push the raft over the river against the flow of the tide. Still looks a bit hair-raising to me!

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Lower Ferry
by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

A view from further down the river back towards Dartmouth. The swan is the prow of a boat stored in the garden of the house :)
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Dart Estuary (and swan)
by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

Coleton Fishacre was the country house of the D'Oyly Carte family...
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by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

The growth in the garden was stunning for early April, and the views spectacular:
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Coleton Fishacre #3
by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

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Coleton Fishacre #2
by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

View attachment 118332Coleton Fishacre #1 by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

Interesting old kitchen stuff in the house:

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Jars
by Martin Connolly, on Flickr

Finally, a b/w view of some clouds: (CEP)
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Dart Estuary clouds
by Martin Connolly, on Flickr
 
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I've made several visits to Dartmouth over the years, and it remains one of my favourite corners of the world. I've used that ferry a few times too.

Good to see the old place again.

-R

(Incidentally, I wouldn't trust those onions from 1937)
 
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