Glastonbury Edge
People climbing to the top of Glastonbury Tor. This is normally me, but this time I wanted to watch the sunrise from the base of the Tor. There is a footpath that comes up...
Monthly Archive: January 2022
Priddy Mineries
Priddy Mineries This small patch of the Mendip Hills has an ancient history of mining. It then became a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve – but no longer. Despite this it is still a...
Queen’s Sedge Moor
Recently I have driven down the road between Wells and Glastonbury at roughly the same time each morning. I noticed a small clump of trees in a field next to the road. So I...
Sheep at West Pennard
The wolf moon was waning and sitting above the West Pennard church and Glastonbury Tor. I wanted to photograph Glastonbury Tor at dawn with the church at West Pennard in the foreground. As it...
Wolf Moon
I headed up the hills to the Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserves. I had been working all day and just had to get out of the house. I arrived a bit late. My plan...
Godney Moor
The Somerset Levels are a beautiful part of the England countryside. It is easy to love mountains so the levels have worked hard to create their unique character. The flat lands are popular with...
Glastonbury Tor
I missed visits to the top of Glastonbury Tor for the solstice and equinox mornings during the pandemic months. This day was not a special astronomical day, but the weather forecast suggested this could...
Stockhill Wood in Winter
I have a mini-project this year to photograph the Stockhill Wood high up on the Mendip Hills in Somerset. I’m hoping to capture rays in the mist that hangs around at the top of...
Starlings Trail
Waiting for the starlings to return to their roost site at RSPB Ham Wall can be a wonderful time. The combination of watching a beautiful restful landscape after a hard day at work, plus...
Walton Heath
Walton Heath (named after the local village) is part of RSPB Ham Wall. Its not your typical heath of gorse and heather, but reeds and open water. Sunrise We have not seen much sun...
