Exmoor National Park

We arrived in Exford (a town in Exmoor National Park) without any accommodation booked but luckily found something pretty easily even if it was a little out of our price range. we spent two nights here in luxurious comfort, i even got to have a bath (usually the baths are way too dirty and old and gross to even consider this) after our big day of sightseeing. Our first day we didn't arrive until the afternoon so after checking in we went to the tea room next door and had the most delicious apple juice of our lives. they make it fresh in the region (we ended up getting a few to take away over our time in Exford). we also had jacket potatoes and warm scones with butter. That night we had a bit of confusion, when we checked in the receptionist told us that if we wanted to eat there we had to book a table so we did this thinking we were booking a table for the pub, turned out we had booked a table in the super fancy restaurant and it took us way to long to realise the prices were nearly double what they were in the pub. we had sat there too long and already drank the free water on our table (we hoped it was free anyway) and were too embarrassed to leave so we ended up having nice but expensive steaks for dinner. afterwords we retreated into the pub where we felt much more comfortable.
The hostel was great but we were the youngest people there by about 40 years, it was interesting to watch and listen to the other people staying there, they all seemed to be there to hunt.
The next day we went on a drive to heaps of different places. we saw a couple of cool bridges, a waterfall, a castle (from the outside because it was closed), we saw lots of wild ponies when we drove to the seaside and we saw heaps of pheasants (including one that we accidentally hit with the car). pheasants are the most annoying animals in existence. they stand at the side of the road and just as your about to pass them slowly wander out onto the road in front of your car. at first this was funny but after about 10 times of this happening you quickly find it less and less funny and more and more annoying.
Our full day of sightseeing was incredible, the moors were beautiful and the rainy weather meant i got to use my leopard print umbrella. We had dinner in the pub that night and the next morning left for Wales. 

Our hotel

A very cool bridge in a beautiful area

The river running under the bridge

Stopping to check out the view

Another stop for a walk and a look at the views

Ewen practicing for his theater career when we get home

Me at a waterfall

Ewen at the sea side

Wild ponies in Exmoor

Another stop because we saw this giant cow from the road

Pretty pretty rainbow

Another stop to look at the lush countryside

Walking in the freezing cold

Sheep on the side of the road