Monthly Archive: March 2024

Rattling Bow - Tealham Moor, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_8843

Tealham Reservoir

The Tealham Reservoir From this picture it looks like a permanent lake with a walkway around the edge complete with spring daffodils.  It does look very nice in the blue skies of spring. The...

Water Water Everywhere

A mute swan paddles slowly across a lake that used to be a field.  This was just one of delights seen on a walk along North Chine Drove near Wedmore in Somerset.   This...

Forde Abbey - Nr Chard, Somerset, UK. ID JB_0556

Spring at Forde Abbey

After a winter of wind, rain and floods.  Then a spring of snow.  Today normal spring service was returned.  I love spring.  Then I also love autumn, winter an summer.  But spring is definitely...

Escaping the flood - Westhay, Somerset, UK. ID JB_245

Finding Higher Ground

Winter bought lots of floods to this corner of Somerset.  The snow today brought some excitement, but this will melt back to water very quickly.  These days it is best to avoid narrow lanes...

Daffodils in the Snow - Chilcompton, Somerset, UK. ID JB_0633

First snow of winter

… arrives in Spring. The first snow of winter finally arrived on the second day of spring! The snow only just reached the edge of true Somerset.  I had to travel north out of...