Lynchcombe Steps
Catching up with Lynchcombe on the sunny edge of the Mendip Hills. A beautiful spot with views that could compete with anywhere. March is the month in which life seems to return to the...
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Lynchcombe Steps
The Lynchcombe nature reserve is covered in hawthorn blossom. Once again making this a magical time, here and across a lot of Somerset. The Lynchcombe nature reserve is owned and managed by the Somerset...
Spring at the Palace
A swan welcomes the start of spring at the Bishop’s Palace in Wells. Wells is a tiny city at the heart of Somerset with a big history. The Bishop’s Palace also has a living...
Marvellous Magnolia
Bishops Palace A beautiful spot for a stroll. I missed the snowdrops due to the pandemic but now we are allowed out I could not miss the daffodils. But it was the beautiful Magnolia...
Lynchcombe Steps
Back in May I visited Lynchcombe to check on the nature reserve for which I am a volunteer warden for the Somerset Wildlife Trust. It is September now and it has been another fascinating...
Compton Pauncefoot
April Back in April the trees were bare after the long cold winter. A few primroses poked through the ground in front of the church. May Now in May, the countryside has come to...
Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe Nature Reserve Middle of May is probably my favourite time of year. The spring flowers are out and summer is just over the horizon. At Lynchcombe, following Blackthorn, the Hawthorn trees are out...
Kingsdon
All Saints Church This is a picture of the 800 year old church in Kingsdon that I took during a beautiful winter afternoon. Today I was drawn back to this small village in South...
Churchyard Flowers
Huish Episcopi I was driving to the heronry at Swell Wood when I came to halt after I caught a glimpse of the flowers in the churchyard of St Mary’s church in Huish Episcopi....
Lynchcombe Steps
Spring on Lynchcombe and there are plenty of mothers and lambs around the reserve. This Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve is grazed by sheep to keep the grass short. They are told to nibble...
