Monthly Archive: February 2019

Wells Evening - Somerset, UK. ID IMG_4309

Wells Evening

As the winter heat wave continues I headed up to Wells to capture the sunset behind its churches and cathedral. Wells  Up Knapp Hill on the edge of the Mendips is this view across...

Parrock Hill - Corton Dehham, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_4184

Corton Denham

The age of snowdrops is over, the time of the daffodil has come. Summer temperatures in Somerset.  It is still February, this week last year we had 6 inches of snow, but this year...

Snowdrops - St Raphaels Chapel, Huccaby, Dartmoor, UK. ID IMG_3651

Huccaby Snowdrops

A quick detour out of Somerset into neighbouring Devon, up onto the moor to visit the tiny St Raphael’s Chapel at Huccaby. St Raphael’s Chapel Today I did not have the best of the...

St Nicholas Church - Bratton Seymour, Somerset, England. ID 825_1384

Bratton Seymour Snowdrops

The Church The church at Bratton Seymour is one of my favourites.  I pass nearby virtually every day.  High on a hill facing east towards the morning sun it is a beautiful location at...

Snowdrops - Holy Trinity Church, Chantry, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_2677

Chantry Snowdrops

Nunney and Mells in east Mendip are fabulous spots for snowdrops.  So I guessed the churches nearby should, hopefully, be just as good.  First I headed to Whatley.  I often cycle passed the church...

Snowdrops - Bishops Palace, Wells, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_2151

Butterflies and Snowdrops

A few weeks ago I broke by camera and lens in a accident falling several feet down a bank onto a road.  So until these are fixed or replaced I using a spare camera....

Mendips in snow - Above Wells, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_1399

Wells Winter

We were all beginning to think that we would not get a real winter this year.  It has been so warm – and cloudy.  But today it finally snowed and the landscape around the...