Huccaby Snowdrops

Snowdrops – St Raphaels Chapel, Huccaby, Dartmoor, UK. ID IMG_3597

A quick detour out of Somerset into neighbouring Devon, up onto the moor to visit the tiny St Raphael’s Chapel at Huccaby.

St Raphael’s Chapel

Today I did not have the best of the weather.  It was classic Dartmoor – wet, cold and foggy.

St Raphaels Chapel – Huccaby, Dartmoor, UK. ID IMG_3525P

The chapel is rightly famous for its snowdrops.

Snowdrops – St Raphaels Chapel, Huccaby, Dartmoor, UK. ID IMG_3651

The granite stone walls are covered in a thick layer of green moss.

Snowdrops – St Raphaels Chapel, Huccaby, Dartmoor, UK. ID IMG_3651

The flowers were just passed their best, so I had to hunt out the prettiest ones.

Snowdrops – St Raphaels Chapel, Huccaby, Dartmoor, UK. ID IMG_3651

These were really fancy.

Snowdrops – St Raphaels Chapel, Huccaby, Dartmoor, UK. ID IMG_3594

And Finally…

A look back into my childhood.  Just down the road from the chapel is Huccaby Bridge.  It crosses the dark brown waters of the River Dart.  I grew up in Devon and, after a day walking on the moor, we would go swimming in this patch of freezing water.

River Dart – Huccaby Bridge, Dartmoor, UK. ID IMG_3651