Churchyard Primroses
Churchyards are gradually embracing their wilder side. I’m not sure that I have a wider side. But I love visiting the churches around my patch of Somerset. Churchyards can be full of life, and...
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Churchyards are gradually embracing their wilder side. I’m not sure that I have a wider side. But I love visiting the churches around my patch of Somerset. Churchyards can be full of life, and...
Henton is a small village set in the Somerset countryside just a few miles west of the small City of Wells. Each spring I look forward to visiting the church to photograph the flowers....
Get a paper map and cut out Somerset. Create a small hole through the location of Chilton Polden. Thread a string through the hole and hang it like a conker. It will hang horizontally....
Chewton Mendip Primroses and catkins in Chewton Mendip are welcoming the arrival of spring. Spring showers add a sparkle to the snowdrops. In the churchyard is a strip of snowdrops. The flowers nestle amongst...
Theale The small Somerset village of Theale sits between Wells and Wedmore. I’m not sure how to pronounce its name – I would like to go with ‘The ale’, but I assume thats unlikely....
Henton Henton is one of the line of mill stream villages that run along the southern edge of the Axe Valley in Somerset. The houses and church are spread along the B3139 squeezed in-between...
The other day we took a family walk around Lynchcombe nature reserve and down to the village of Westbury-sub-Mendip. That day Storm Gareth was blowing so I could not take pictures of the flowers...
North Cheriton Recently I visited North Cheriton to photograph the snowdrops in the churchyard. When cycling home from work the other day I noticed the church was now home to a large collection of primroses....
Ebbor Gorge in Somerset near Wells has a secret. Only a few yards from the car park on the easy access trail is a beautiful little meadow full of Primroses, Wood Anemones and Dogs...
Holton Cross is well known in the area as its the location of a speed trap. I try hard not to drive too fast through 30 mph zones – fine chance when I’m on my...