Monthly Archive: October 2023

North Drain

Despite its awful name the North Drain is a beautiful waterway that slowly flows through a series of amazing moors in the wide open flat valley of the River Brue on the Somerset Levels....

Buzzard on a pile of manure - Westhay, Somerset Levels, UK. ID MG_8555

Westhay Bridge

There is a road that runs north from of the village of Westhay in Somerset.  The OS maps call this Main Road.  While Google maps calls it Blakeway.   Before I noticed this conflict...

Mark Yeo - Mark, Somerset, UK. ID MG_6198

Mark Yeo

Mark Yeo Mark Yeo is not just a cool person’s way of saying hello to a friend.  It is also a river in Somerset.  Or, more accurately a short section of waterway in Somerset?...

Hole in the tree - Worth, Wells, Somerset, UK. ID MG_6642

Pigeon Hole

I came across these wood pigeons while driving along the main road between Wells and Wedmore in Somerset. I love the way that space had been made for the cables by cutting a hole...

Old Farm House - Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels, UK. ID MG_5005

Westhay Moor

Recently I have been visiting Tealham, Tadham and Aller moors.  They are fabulous, but they have a neighbouring moor connected to them via the North Drain.  This neighbour can only be Westhay Moor.  ...

Aller Moor Drove - Nr Wedmore, Somerset Levels, UK. ID MG_4223

Tadham and Aller Moors

Today I walked over to Tadham and Aller Moors neighbours of Tealham Moor.  To be honest I’m not sure where one moor finishes and the other begins – so I’ve probably labelled some or...

Little Egrets and Cattle - Tealham Moor, Somerset Levels, UK. ID MG_2731

Tealham and Tadham Moors

Tealham Moor They say “Anyone can love the mountains, but I takes soul to love the prairie.”.  Or, as I say – Anyone can love the Mendips, but it takes wet feet to love...

North Drain from Jacks Drove Bridge - Tealham Moor, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID MG_1936

Night-time at Tealham Moor

After a couple of morning visits to Tealham Moor.  But today I got up way too early and when I arrived it was still night. The moon was full, I had forgotten that so...