WHERE THERE'S MUCK THERE'S MAGIC
Oct 29, 2019
4 minutes
Exmoor has always done countless shades of green pretty well and the setting of Higher Ranscombe Farm is no exception. It’s at the eastern end of the national park, tucked in under Grabbist Hill with Minehead over the other side. The steep sides of the combe are covered in mature trees. Facing the other way there’s a collage of fields, as though someone has been carefully gluing bits of material and card, and beyond these you can see the village of Timberscombe. Birdsong interrogates the silence. From a wall opposite the house a spring gushes out, the same one that supplies the house’s drinking water and waters the
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