Tagged: Buttercups

Roe Deer - Deerleap, From Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_8343

Tip-toe through the Buttercups

Deerleap is a lane that heads up the sunny southern side of the Mendip Hills.  Starting out from the caves at Wookey Hole, near Wells, it is part of the national cycle network.  But...

Buttercups on Glastonbury Tor - Somerset, UK. ID JB_7405

Back on Tor

Having spent an evening, followed by an early morning, wondering around South Moor it was time to get back up Glastonbury Tor. It had been a while since my last trip and it always...

Line up for your picture - South Moor, Nr Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_0293

South Moor

Buttercups are spreading out across the Somerset moors.  This year they seem to be doing especially well, and no where is better than South Moor near Glastonbury. The backdrop is the famous Glastonbury Tor....

Buttercups - Fenny Castle, Somerset, UK. ID JB_6521

Buttercup Fields

The fields around Fenny Castle are covered in buttercups.  And they look great in yellow. Buttercup Fields sound more like a building development in a town rather than the open fields of the English...

Dandelions and Buttercups - Deerleap, Nr Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5912

Leap into Spring

Road side red campion is sign that spring is well underway.   In the fields the dandelions have gone to seed and the buttercups have won the race to take over. A steep narrow...

Cowslips - Yarley Hill, Nr Henton, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4033

Spring Flowers on Yarley Hill

Henton sits on the road between Wells and Wedmore.  The village nestles below Yarley Hill on the edge of the valley on the River Axe in the heart of Somerset in England. Climbing up...

HOPE - Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_4301

Yellow and White

Buttercups and cow parsley everywhere. Beautiful view across South Moor to Glastonbury Tor.  I saw this view while cycling the Somerset 100 ride a few days ago, today I had to return with my...

Wild Garlic - Cheddar Wood, Somerset, UK. ID JB_2762

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...

Flower Baskets - Montacute, Somerset, UK. ID JB_2609

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...

Dove's-foot cranesbill (Geranium molle) - Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1558

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...