Off Broadway

View from Broadway Hill - Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7358H

View from Broadway Hill – Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7358H

Broadway Hill over looks the village of Westbury-sub-Mendip in Somerset.  It is itself overlooked by the Mendip Hills.  Being a bit lower it is a great vantage point for watching the mist over the Axe Valley towards Glastonbury Tor.

First light before the sun appears and the Tor is surrounded by golden pink mist.

Glastonbury Tor in the mist - From Broadway Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7196

Glastonbury Tor in the mist – From Broadway Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7196

You can see the Yarley Tree on the ridge above the villages of Yarley and Henton.

Yarley Tree - From Broadway Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7190

Yarley Tree – From Broadway Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7190

It is getting a bit brighter.  Often, I am at the top of the Tor looking down across the mist.  Today it was interesting to see it from a different perspective.

Glastonbury Tor in the mist - From Broadway Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7289P

Glastonbury Tor in the mist – From Broadway Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7289P

The narrow lanes lead out from Westbury-sub-Mendip into the Axe Valley.  Beyond is the Devil’s Bedstead also known as Chalcroft Hill.

Chalcroft Hill - From Broadway Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7465

Chalcroft Hill – From Broadway Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7465

The Axe Valley is peppered with small hills.  This winter trees on Windmill Hill, then the twin peaks of Knowle Hill and Yarley hill in the distance.

Knowle Hill - From Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7557

Knowle Hill – From Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7557

And finally…

Driving home I had to stop to photograph the chimney of St Cuthbert’s paper mill rising out of the mist.

St Cuthberts Mill - Nr Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7607

St Cuthberts Mill – Nr Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7607

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