Tarr Steps

Last night we stayed in Porlock, a very pretty village, we drove down to Porlock Weir which I had not been to, it was very cold and grey!
Our little car made it up Porlock Hill in first gear, crawling! up on the moor the wind was bitter again.

We stopped to photographed a herd of ponies and foals, this foal was having a drink after a lot of playing with his mates.

The Exmoor Pony.
Their colouring falls within a limited range of bay, brown or dun, with black points (with no white markings) and as a they blend in very well against their native background of heather, grass and bracken. Although their only predator in recent history has been Man, they retain the coloration most advantageous in terms of survival. This may also be the adaptive functions of the distinctive facial markings - the mealy muzzle and ring around the eye; the light and dark contrast break up the outline of the head making its movements less obvious to a predator.
They are the oldest native Pony Breed in the British Isles.

The moors look golden and brown, the bracken has not got any new shoots yet and the trees are only just sprouting.

We drove down to through the Doone valley and I took the bridge with an alternative of a ford.

The Tarr Steps we just had to visit before heading home, this winter they were partly swept away by floods and had to be reconstructed.
It is an ancient Clapper Bridge which means "pile of stones" it's not none the date but could be Bronze Age.