Grimspound (I15), Challacombe (K14) and Ephraim's Pinch (K13)

We parked in the layby below Grimspound.  I had heard there were bluebells on the slopes of Challacombe Down.  From where we parked I could see a blue haze, but not exceptionally impressive.  Maybe it would have been better close up.




We climbed the hill to Grimspound, and it was an impressive Bronze age village that has been well preserved.  The wall was imposing, with the gates very clear and the road leading up to it.  You could clearly make out the houses.










Having explored the site we walked back to the car and then further down the road to view the bluebells better.  We then drove on to the other end of Challocombe Down and parked by Challocombe Farm.  We could see the bluebells from the other end of the down from here

We walked pass the derelict medieval village and along the river, which was a very pretty walk.




  In his book JH particularly mentioned flowers that can be found in this square. Bluebells and gorse were the most colourful and prominent today, although I also spotted a few others.







On the way back to Postbridge we stopped at the southern end of Sousson Plantation at Ephraim's Pinch.  There was not much to see there except the boundary stone and the trees.





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