Brassica
Bit by bit Somerset seems to be going slightly more yellow. I’m not talking buttercups, cowslips or even primroses – but brassica plants. Confusing Brassica Brassica is a genus of plants in the cabbage...
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Bridges over Troubled Waters
Joining Westhay with Wedmore is a road called Blakeway. It cuts across the flat ground of the Somerset Levels. Apart from a couple of sharp bends near Sweets Tea Rooms this is a very...
Tealham Reservoir
The Tealham Reservoir From this picture it looks like a permanent lake with a walkway around the edge complete with spring daffodils. It does look very nice in the blue skies of spring. The...
Return to Queen’s Sedge Moor
Early Morning My alarm went off very early in the morning. Too early. Most mornings I pull back the curtains to check the weather. It was grey and dull, but the clouds looked interesting....
Moor Flooding
After all the rain over the last few days it was no surprise that the water that fell on the Mendip Hills was going to find its way to the moors on the Somerset...
Lynchcombe Steps
It was time to spend some quality time on the Lynchcombe nature reserve on the edge of the Mendip Hills. As a volunteer warden I was checking on the condition of the reserve for...
Yarley Hill
A few years ago I often visited to this ash tree up on the hill above the village of Yarley in Somerset. Today, with a favourable weather forecast, I made a nostalgic trip to...
Surprise Spring Mist
As we approached Easter we had a few days of clear blue skies. The forecast for the following morning was very cold with a good chance of some springtime mist. All this and a...
Red & Blue Priddy Green
The village green at Priddy is wide and open. The early morning sky was dark red, and the frost covered grass had turned a soft blue in the semi-darkness. It was a bitterly cold...
Uphill Beacon
Next to the village of Uphill in North Somerset there is a hill you can go up. Surprisingly, it seems the village is not named after the hill. Anyway, the hill is a beautiful...
