Monthly Archive: February 2023

West Bay - Dorset, UK. ID JB_2197

West Bay Sunset

I recently spent a couple of days down in the Dorset coast.  As always a trip over the border of Somerset feels like a true adventure.  I lived in Dorset for several years, and...

Snowdrops at the Church of St Nicholas - Henstridge, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1309

Snowdrops at Henstridge

I recently popped over to the church at Henstridge in South Somerset on the hunt for churchyard snowdrops.  I work nearby but shamefully this was the first time I had visited the church. It...

Parish Church - Church of St John, Milborne Port, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1540

Snowdrops at Milborne Port

I’m always on the look out for more snowdrop locations in Somerset.  While there are some fabulous wild locations, such as Mells and Wheddon Cross, the best way to search for new sites is...

Snowdrops at Holy Trinity Church - Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK. ID JB_1018

Shaftesbury Snowdrops

Today I went on an adventure over the border out of Somerset into the neighbouring county of Dorset. Shaftesbury Snowdrops Shaftesbury Snowdrops is a fanastic project to create a legacy from the Queen’s Diamond...

Snowdrops in the Bishops Palace - Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_0379

Bishop’s Snowdrops

Each year I make a visit to the Bishop’s Palace in Wells.  This is a beautiful place to visit, and you can return all year on the same ticket.  What’s not to like!  They...

Sunrise from Compton Bishop - Somerset, UK. ID JB_0181H

Compton Bishop

The Somerset village of Compton Bishops sits nestled under Crook Peak and Wavering Down. I wanted to photograph the church and village in the long shadows of a winter morning.  So, before dawn I...

Lynchcombe Sycamores - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_9737HP

Sycamore Tree Sun

To some the idea of loving sycamores in the UK is treason.  They have only been in the country for 500 years after being introduced by people.  But with ash trees being removed everywhere...

Sunrise over the village green - Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_9089

Red & Blue Priddy Green

The village green at Priddy is wide and open.  The early morning sky was dark red, and the frost covered grass had turned a soft blue in the semi-darkness. It was a bitterly cold...