Bidcombe Wood
This is another post venturing over the Somerset border into a neighbouring county. This is because I recently struggled around a gravel cycle ride around the Wiltshire Downs that was organised by Glorious Gravel....
Tagged: Bluebells
Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe nature reserve enjoys the sunny south facing edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Today it was so sunny the sheep kept out of the heat under a tree. Perhaps we have reached...
Prior’s Wood
Respect the Bluebells Prior’s Wood in the north west corner of Somerset is promoted as a bluebell wood. So you can imagine it was been on my radar for a long time. Finally, I...
Manaton
A different post today as I ventured over the border from Somerset into Devon. Staying in the village of Manaton on the edge of Dartmoor. This was not to see this wonderful alpaca. Instead...
Get ready for May
Spring reaches its peak in May. This month, flowers of all colours spread across the woodland, grasslands and countryside. Insects emerge from mayflies, dragonflies and butterflies. Friendly rabbits nibble at the grass. Lambs dash...
Bluebells at Park Wood
Today I made my annual visit to Park Wood to see the bluebells. This tiny little wood in Somerset can be found off the cycle track east of equally tiny City of Wells. I...
Callow Hill
Callow Hill sits on the southern side of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. I started a walk in Axbridge near Cheddar, and immediately climbed the steep hill up through the woods. This is not...
Ladies Walk at Montacute
Montacute I have wanted to visit the Ladies Walk at Montacute for a while, but it never happened. This year I finally got around to it! Ladies Walk Ladies Walk is a woodland trail...
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...
Fuller’s Hay
I do not normally travel this far north in Somerset, but I tumbled across a picture of Fuller’s Hay on the internet. This is a wood with a strange name near the village of...
