Category: Somerset

Easter Letter Box - Yarley, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_3617

Happy Easter

I had to stop on my cycle ride to have a look at this wonderful post box in Yarley. Beautiful. Its Easter so here are some lambs… … and some daffodils. And the sun...

Glastonbury Train Station - Somerset, UK. ID IMG_2845

Cycling through a Pandemic

The lockdown rules only allowed you to go outside for exercise once a day.  So I decided cycling would be perfect as you can take a packed lunch and stay out all day. Cycling...

Mudgley - From North Chine Drove, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_6732

Going for a Ride

I have been going for lots of cycle rides as the lockdown eases.  Its a time to escape for a couple of hours in the middle of the week and enjoy some sunshine. On...

Bluebells at Steep Holm - Between Dulcote and Dinder, Somerset, UK. ID 810_7667

Mendip Bluebells

Around Wells in Somerset is a patchwork of little woods.  It is difficult to tell from the map where one ends and another begins.   In spring they are full of bluebells.  But if you...

Spring Revisited

Spring time and we are still in lockdown.  So I wanted to revisit some of my spring pictures from around Somerset – starting with roe deer. This is the sort of view most of...

Dafodils - Church of St Michael, Dinder, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_4815

Life in Lockdown

When I last posted we had no idea how quickly things were about to change. In a time of spring sunshine we are staying at home.  Who knows what is ahead and when or...

Nativity Crib Festival - St Cuthberts Church, Wells, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_0892

Christmas

Christmas Time The nativity crib festival at St Cuthbert’s Church in Wells is one of the highlights of the year. On Christmas Eve I walked around Lynchcombe above Wells.  I am a volunteer warden...

Cathedral High Tour - Wells, Somerset, UK. ID DSC_2386

Wells Cathedral High Parts Tour

Wells is the smallest city in Somerset and the whole of England.  Its cathedral is one of the best anywhere.  And now you can take a tour of the its high parts.  May be...

Spring Morning - Longwood, Somerset, UK. ID 825_0621H

Colours of May

This summer has been so busy.  So I have decided the only way to catch up is to write a single post for the whole of May. The Colours of May Spring is a...

St Nicholas Church on an Autumn Dawn - Bratton Seymour, Somerset, England. ID 805_0128

Autumn Churches

On a wet cloudy day I looked back at some of my favourite Somerset churches in autumn. This little church is a hidden treasure down one of the many narrow lines in south Somerset....