Glastonbury Tor
I got up early to watch the sun rise behind Glastonbury Tor. But after climbing to the top of Wearyall Hill there was no sign of the Tor. It seemed that I should have just stayed in...
Monthly Archive: August 2017
Quantocks
I do not visit the Quantock Hills very often That is a mistake for which I have not excuse. Today was a small step to correct that as I headed out to west Somerset. Heather...
Mendip Sunrise
Today I headed up Deerleap in hope of a mist across the Somerset Levels. The mist did not appear so I continued up the hill towards the village of Priddy. I was delighted to...
Cooks Fields
When I leave Lynchcombe through the top gate I pass through a corner of Cook’s Fields before returning via Deerleap to the car park. Sometimes this small corner has a big surprise such as this...
Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe looked beautiful in the blue skies of late summer. Small Coppers The small coppers were still around having moved from the open grassland down into the combe. The brown argus have followed their every...
End of Summer?
I have a rule – always go out with a plan, a clear idea of what to photograph. Today I broke that rule and found myself visiting my favourite haunts gathering the wide landscapes and...
Lynchcombe Steps
As summer days are drawing in and as autumn approaches I hope we get a few more weeks of warm weather. Butterflies Another weekly butterfly transect around Lynchcombe. Every week there are new surprises. The small...
Mist Season
As the warmth of summer becomes a memory the famous Somerset mist season begins. Lynchcombe and the neighbouring fields of Deerleap are the perfect spot for seeing the morning mists over the Somerset Levels. First Mist Last...
Lynchcombe Steps
Fixed point photograph day. Each year I take a series of photographs from the same spot. The series above was collated last year and shows the last 9 years. Not surprisingly, this year we...
Lynchcombe Steps
Another butterfly transect on Lynchcombe and it feels like the beginning of the end of the season Lynchcombe does not do end of season butterflies and they were all looking a bit worn out....
