First Mist

Somerset Levels in the Mist – From Crook Peak, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_2677

My First Mist

I’m not sure that this is the first blanket mist of the year – but it is to me.

Recently I have been climbing (walking up) Crook Peak in the dark. Each time I have been hoping to look around and see a beautiful dawn.  This has not always happened, half my efforts have been a wash out.  Today was not one of days.

I got to the top of the peak and it was still dark.  The mist was pretty thin and distant hill of Brent Knoll was visible.  The M5 motorway providing red and white lead in lines.

Early morning motorway – Brent Knoll, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_2531

Gradually, the mist thickened and washed up Loxton Hill in waves.

Pink sky over Loxton – From Crook Peak, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_2601

The sun was yet to appear and the in the early dawn the clouds turned pink.  The village of Loxton disappears into the mist.

Pink sky over Loxton Hill – From Crook Peak, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_2675

Soon the whole of the Somerset Levels was under a white blanket.  In the sky the moon could only look down on the top of Brent Knoll.  The motorway had disappeared.

Somerset Levels in the Mist – From Crook Peak, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_2678

Brent Knoll becomes an island in the mist.  Like the sea, the white mist repeatedly washed over the top.

Brent Knoll in the Mist – From Crook Peak, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_2662

And Finally…

Returning back down the hill into the mist sitting in the valley.

Mist in the valley – Over Compton Bishop, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_2835