Lynchcombe Steps
Another walk around Lynchcombe on the Mendip Hills. I had vague hopes of doing the first butterfly transect of the year after seeing a Brimstone fly around near my home. But with storm Katie...
Monthly Archive: March 2016
Park Wood Anemonies
Its Easter Sunday and spring has arrived in Park Wood on the outskirts of Wells. The Wood Anemones are spreading across the woodland floor and the first bluebells are opening into the sun. Happy...
Holton Primroses
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...
Church of St Cuthbert
I have photographed the Church of St Cuthbert in Wells from high up on Deerleap many times. Each spring this church puts on a display of daffodils so today it was time to get...
Lamyat
I was going to cycle to work but had to delay it for a family ride on the Good Friday. Just as well as it was -2°C this morning. Not bad for the week...
Bratton Seymour
The other day the spring equinox dawn was covered in cloud. Today, as the weather was much better, I returned to the St Nicholas Church a day after the spring equinox. The Rookery Opposite the...
Spring Equinox
Last autumn equinox I photographed Bratton Seymour church near Castle Cary. Today on the 19th March 2016 I returned to recreate the same image on the spring equinox (one day early). I choose St Nicholas...
Lynchcombe Steps
Today I got up crazily early to go on a walk around Lynchcombe nature reserve before dawn. I’m a volunteer warden on this Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve which I regularly walk to check on...
Snow
This has been one of the warmest winters on record in Somerset. No snow, very few clear cold days. But today, winter finally arrived once as spring was getting going. Luckily, I had the...
Tree at Sunrise
A series of pictures showing the Yarley Tree at sunrise. I choose today as the sun would rise almost due east down the line of the ridge of hills leading across from Henton and Yarley....
