Isle of Wedmore / Snowdrops

Isle of Wedmore

by Jeff Bevan · Published 1st February 2020 · Updated 16th February 2020

Snowdrops – Church of St Gregory, Weare, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_5080

Crook Peak Parish

During my recent walks up Crook Peak the Isle of Wedmore has been sitting (as always) in the middle of the flat Somerset Levels. The isle is not surrounded by sea and it is not very high. But on some frosty winter mornings its height is enough for its fields to remain dark green in contrast to the pale cold fields of the levels below.

Weare – From Wavering Down, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_3584

The top corner of the isle is part of the Crook Peak parish. So today, I went for a brief look around Badgworth, Weare and Chapel Allerton. I did not have much time so I split my visit into two sessions – first time in the morning then returning in the late afternoon.

Weare

At this time of year you need to time it just right to get some morning light.

Church of St Gregory – Weare, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_5039

Snowdrops

I wanted to explore the local churches for snowdrops. Some of the churches in South Somerset have wonderful displays and I hoped here would be the same. I found some in Weare but not many. In the wind it has hard to get a clear picture of those I did find.

But driving around the local lanes I found several patches of flowers.

Snowdrops – Weare, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_5197

Snowdrops – Weare, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_5249

Snowdrops – Weare, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_5294

Badgworth

The only church dedicated to St Congar in the country. The light was poor and so I again switch to black and white. This did make the sky look pretty dramatic.

Church of St Congar – Badgworth, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_4928H

Just enough afternoon light to photograph the entrance to the church with its lamp.

Church of St Congar – Badgworth, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_4916

Ashton Windmill

Not all the interesting buildings are churches. While driving around I had to stop and get another picture of the windmill.

Ashton Windmill – Chapel Allerton, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_4949

The sunset never lived up to its early promise so I thought that I would try and funk it up a bit…

Ashton Windmill – Chapel Allerton, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_4949

And Finally…

Chapel Allerton. Clearly a village with this name was going to have a chapel. No big tower, but I did find a few snowdrops. It looked a bit dull in black and white so I turned it blue!