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Brian Moore
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Musician, cyclist, takes lots of photos, sometimes gets political. When I'm not in Devon, I'm in France in my little bit of paradise. https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois/
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A lovely Teign Valley walk along the river and then back along the Hunters Path near Castle Drogo... not a lot of colour left, but my friend Andy, his faithful hound Tripp and I enjoyed November warmth and splendid views.

#photography #devon #teignvalley #dartmoor

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Fingle Bridge Fungus on a felled oak tree, turning one sort of life into another sort of life With Tripp on Hunters Tor On Hunters Path on the high-level return to Fingle Bridge above the Teign Valley, and close to Castle Drogo
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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An absolutely stonking night last night with the Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra at the Music For Youth Schools Prom. Suffice to say that our young musicians did Devon proud!

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#bigband #youthmusic #devonmusiceducationhub #devon #dyjo #mfyproms2025
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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It was a Budleigh pasty kinda day... would have been rude to not to, with the weather being clement enough for shorts in November!
Phear Park, Exmouth At the west end of Budleigh Salterton beach, wasting a bit of time in the sunshine while waiting for the pasties at the Spar to finish cooking... A very fine steak pasty, freshout of the oven - as good as any in Budleigh, £3.50 from Spar. Don't go too early (before noon-ish), as they won't have been cooked, or too late, as they might well have all been sold. Budleigh Salterton's elegant seafront, and my Ribble gravel bike, now with tyres that I hope are a little more resistant to thorns, and a little easier to get off & on if I do get a puncture.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Musical musings: I've got my orchestral F trumpet out ready for a play-through of Mahler's 2nd Symphony later this month. It was made by Dotzauer for me in the late 1990s, and is a lovely thing to play, if challenging! I once did the Mahler on it, in a complete concert performance.

#mahler #trumpet
My Dotzauer orchestral F trumpet, in front of the 1st Trumpet part for Mahler's Symphony No.2, the 'Resurrection'.
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Nice day for a cooked breakfast ride to the Ruby Red Café at Exe Valley Farm Shop at Thorverton. I'll save you the photo of the delicious breakfast, on the basis that you know what one looks like.

First time the two Ribble bikes have been out together.

#photography #devon #cycling #ribblecycles
Exeter Quay Brampford Speke, two Ribbles and two riders Winter-flowering cherry at Brampford Speke church Upton Pyne
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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A better day today: weather less grey and damp, and no puncture on my way via Turf Lock to Dawlish Warren for a pasty.

And it's still mild enough that I've not had to turn any heating on at home. Expect a profits warning from Octopus Energy.

#cycling #photography #ribblegravel #devon #dawlish
At Turf Lock. It's still shorts weather 😃 Turf Hotel Dawlish Warren
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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English autumnal weather:

I love autumn!
Even when the sky's grey, the autumnal colours are lovely!
I don't mind the rain - at least it's not windy!
I don't mind the rain & wind - at least it's still mild!
It's cold, wet and windy!
I hate autumn now - can't wait for spring!
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The puncture fairy visited today. As did rain. Again. Ho hum.

But it's still better to be on a bike.
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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The evening commute has turned into a murky affair... but the evenings will start getting lighter in just six weeks!
Hannaford's Quay, Topsham, 5.30pm Topsham Road street lighting, 8pm.
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Cookery corner: I was hoping to go out for a bike ride, but it's remained resolutely grey, damp & windy, so instead I cooked a chicken with leeks & mushrooms in a white sauce thingy, to go with pasta after work. Looks OK.

#cookery #photography
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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The heating's still off, and it's warm enough for a gentle stroll around Topsham in shorts to take in some fresh air, sunshine and autumnal colours 🍂😃

#autumn #topsham #devon #photography

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November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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What's not to like about an autumnal ride along Devon lanes to find a lemon & ginger slice at Exe Valley Farm Shop and a Warren's Cornish pasty in Exeter?

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Exeter Quay Between Upton Pyne and Raddon Near Raddon Warren's Cornish pasty in front of Exeter Cathedral
October 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Indoors on damp, grey Devon afternoon, I've assembled a few of my favourite autumnal photos from my favourite place, the beautiful Drôme region in France...

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#drome #france #photography #autumn
Drôme in the Autumn
YouTube video by Brian Moore
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October 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Every time it rains it rains pennies from heaven... a Topsham rose today enjoying sunshine & showers 😃

#topsham #photography #rose #devon
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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A calm Topsham this morning, before Storm Benjamin passes by tomorrow...

#stormbenjamin #topsham #photgraphy #devon
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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A dilemma: whether to go to Budleigh in time to get a Shaldon Bakery Chelsea bun before the bakery closed, or to wait for the sun to arrive.

Pah, not really a dilemma - the bun won.

#photography #chelseabun #shaldonbakery #cycling #budleigh #devon
Marsh on the River Clyst at Topsham At Budleigh Salterton - any day when I can still ride in shorts in October is a bonus! Shaldon Bakery Chelsea bun - one of the best you'll find! The cycle track between Budleigh and Exmouth, along the route of the old railway line - a great way to get from Exeter & Topsham to Exmouth & Budleigh.
October 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Spotted yesterday at Killerton: three delightfully sodden & shiny fungi...

#killerton #devon #fungi #photography
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Two men and a dog...

...went to Killerton to enjoy the showers & sunshine on the autumn colours there. Well worth a visit at the moment.

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#killerton #photography #devon

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October 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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More autumn colours in Topsham, rather saturated today after a good dose of rain...

#photography #autumn #topsham #devon #omsystem
October 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Ice cream time in Dawlish Warren... it would have been rude not to!

#devon #dawlish #cycling #seaside
Cockwood Harbour Yarde Farm raspberry ripple Dawlish Warren fishing Dodging the sea at Dawlish Warren for the photo...
October 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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ROTD (ride of the day): just from Topsham to Otterton, to meet an old friend, from my days studying music at Exeter University (43 years ago!). Sorry no picture of cake, but we were chatting too much. A lovely ride out on the Exe Valley Trail, and back via Woodbury Common.

#otterton #devon #cycling
On the Exe Valley Trail toward Budleigh Exe Valley Trail The bridge at Otterton The Otter at Otterton
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Autumn in Topsham (not New York)... les feuilles mortes...

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#autumn #photography #devon #topsham
October 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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I went the long way round to Topsham Aldi.

#photography #devon #autumn #cycling
At the start of the Exe Valley Trail to Exmouth - but I didn't go to Exmouth! Exeter Quay One of my favourite farm lanes, to Cutton, near Danes Wood (near Killerton) Dog Village, Broadlcyst - one of the many National Trust properties there.
October 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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A short ride this afternoon to buy some bacon misshapes at Greendale Farm Shop (to go with lamb's liver, natch, for supper this evening), but with my camera at the ready for autumnal colours...

#photography #autumn #ribblecycles #devon
October 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Random photos from the ride into work an a grey grey day. Thank goodness for autumnal colours!!

#photography #exeter #autumn #ribblecycles
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM