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...
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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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
