Another amazing evening at Dunkery Beacon. So lucky with the weather! Jupiter, Saturn and the harvest moon all strutting their stuff! Only a few weeks to go until the Dark Skies festival starts on Exmoor, and already some of our events are booked out, so please get your requests in early; we hate disappointing [...]
Up before the goats had finished their yoga! It was a treat to meet Connie and Janett, both involved in the German holiday market, for a taster of our beautiful area and the Victorian Exmoor Experience. Thank you both for being so appreciative, and we hope to see more of you soon! [...]
As the nights draw in....we are kicking off with a choice of two stargazing nights. Book supper at one of our great Exford pubs, the Crown or The White Horse, and then come stargazing out on the moor with us! We will meet at 9.30pm to walk up onto Winsford Hill to [...]
Exmoor walks with wildaboutexmoor never fail to deliver!! I've always wanted to find a stinkhorn fungus, and there one was! Every bit as revolting as I expected....but so fascinating. The fungus secretes a smell like rotting flesh, which attracts the flies that then pollinate it...amazing! We also saw a pair [...]
What a wonderful evening for a practice run for our nightjar evening on Saturday! After a splendid barbecue, thankyou to the Minehead Market fishmonger and Malcolm Wild! We set off in twilight, or dimpsy, as the locals call it, for a mystical walk through the woods to our favourite nightjar area. They didn't [...]
Dunkery Beacon New Event to celebrate Man's first moonlanding! Dunkery by moonlight Date: 17th Jul 2019 8:30pm-10:30pm Celebrate the anniversary of the moon landing! A walk up to the very highest point of Exmoor by moonlight to celebrate that amazing achievement. Grade: moderate….1 climb, walk approx. 3 – 4 miles up and back. Location: [...]
Wahay! What a great article...So, two options, You could combine a weekend at Locanda on the Weir with walking and/or an Experience with wildaboutexmoor. Or You could stay at our beautiful Spindrift Barn (self catered) and eat at Locanda! Thankyou so much to Liz Boulter for such a lovely review, and [...]
Join us for a walk in the Doone Valley Celebrating 150 years since the publication of Lorna Doone, a romance of Exmoor. We have a great walk planned, 5 miles approx through the Badgeworthy river valley and up over the moor, with the possibility of seeing Exmoor ponies and Red Deer. [...]
Thursday April 25th Night Hike and Farmhouse Supper Join us for an evening of walking under the stars and enjoy a delicious home cooked meal at our traditional Exmoor farmhouse. Please bring torches and stout footwear Booking essential on 01643 831 759 Meet at Exford carpark at 7.00pm, The evening runs until [...]
The weather gods, and school holidays, have decreed that Easter Saturday, 20th April, is the night to come stargazing! We will meet at 8.00 pm and hike up onto Dunkery beacon, the highest point on Exmoor, at dusk, to be rewarded with a 360' view of our wonderful Exmoor skies, and across [...]
