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Hello and Welcome to Leaning On The Gate

a visual Devon Diary... I write historical fiction and pirate-based adventure fantasy. Click the image to go to my WEBSITE

Escaping to the Country...

Share the real life adventure of when we moved from London to a new life in Devon.

The day we moved in!

January 18th 2013

Our House

Meet.... Kathy

Ron taking a walk up the lane

Baz

Eddie

Elfie A PatterJack pup (Patterdale x Jack Russell)

came to live with us December 2019

The Exmoor Ponies (and Donk!)

Lexie and Saffie

Franc, a few days old

(April 2018)

Mab

Wonky Donk

alas, no longer with us - now enjoying the Great Meadow in the sky

Featured post

Welcome to the World Little Man....

Taw River Dracarys - a grand name for our new little chap! (click here for videos) Born in the bottom field at 4.45pm on Friday 13th Apri...

Round the Farm.....The Windfall

The Gate....

... ideal to lean on & admire the view

The Old Dairy

(and our front drive)

The Orchard

The Stables

Garden Gate (early May)

The Back Garden - and the Taw Valley

(also the background for this blog) Photos taken from the Estate Agent's brochure.

Mist in the valley

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Popular Posts

Escaping to the Country - the TV show that found our home
Sad Farewell to our Dog, Rum. 23rd Feb
A is for...
Our Anniversary - and Highbullen Hotel
Q is For

A pheasant we raised from a day-old chick

Baz at the Front Door

Siren

Kathy showjumping at Hickstead

Cattle down the lane

The Hay is Cut

Bringing in the hay

Hay Stacking

Evening in Hay Field

Sunrise

Mist

Summer in the Orchard

Baz and Jasper

Instow Beach

Baz enjoying himself

Our Rum in his Younger Days

sadly, Rum passed over the rainbow Bridge soon after we moved to Devon. RIP Rummy

Learning to pull a trap

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Followers

snowdrops line the lane

violets

photo: Tony Smith

One Swallow does not make a Summer!

Hellebore

Foxgloves

Bugle

photo : Tony Smith

spotted orchid

photo : Tony Smith

stichwort

Photo : Tony Smith

Clematis

Japanese anemone

A rose by any other name...

Garden Birds ...Images

good photos...good website

Goosey

snow ponies

Tanana

Kathy

Bye! Thanks for Visiting - Call Back Soon!

flag counter added

I uploaded this flag counter on 18th March 2013 - the visitor total is not accurate - but the flags look pretty!

World Visitors

A-Z Posts

A is for ARCHITECTURE
B is for BARN OWLS
C is for CIDER WITH ROSIE & CATS
D is for DAWN MIST
E is for ESCAPE (and Excerpt)
F is For my FAT LITTLE LADIES
G is for GHOSTS!
H is for: HERE BE DRAGONS
I is for INTO HARBOUR and INSTOW)
J is for (show) JUMPING
K is For.. (chimney) KING
L is for LANE
M is For MOORLAND MOUSIE
N is for ... NIGHT
O is For: ON THE SHELF
P is for PUPPY
Q is for QUACK & HISS
R is for RAINBOWS
S is for SNOW
T is for TIMEY WIMEY STUFF
U is for UMBERLEIGH
V is for VILLAGE SHOP
W is for WHISKY
X is for eXciting! (and Xtra Large!)
Y is for YELLOW
Z is For Z-SHAPED
FINALLY - A-Z REFLECTIONS a look back at the Challenge

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My thanks to the vendors of "Windfall" Farm and the estate agent for their kind permission to use the property's "advertising" images on this page.