Lynchcombe Steps

A break from the starlings this morning for a walk around Lynchcombe.  I am a volunteer warden for this Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve on the Mendip Hills.  I wanted to stroll around checking on the state of the reserve for anything that needed to be notified to the trusts staff.

It was a beautiful winter morning with clear skies and frost.  At the Deerleap car park were fire jugglers – not the first thing I expected that early in the morning.

Frost was lying on the grass in the shade of trees and rocks.

Lynchcombe from Deerleap – Somerset, UK. ID 808_8738

A favourite view of at the top of Lynchcombe looking towards the sunrise.

Lynchcombe – Somerset, UK. ID 808_8775

The low sun creates shadows among the tuffs of grass.

Grass – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID 808_8782

Lower down in the reserve a lot of work has been carried out to clear the grassland.

Lynchcombe – Somerset, UK. ID 808_8790

The old mans beard in front of a white Somerset Levels.  The levels were covered in a white frost.

Old mans beard (Clematis vitalba) – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID 808_8815

Frost lingered in the combe.   A layer of blue smoke was sliding down the combe from the fire jugglers (assuming there is not a dragon living in the sink hole at the top of the combe).

The Combe in Winter – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID 808_8843

Lynchcombe in Winter – Somerset, UK. ID 808_8865

And Finally

A stop off at deerleap to look at the levels in frost.

Glastonbury Tor from Deerleap – Somerset, UK. ID 808_8880