Tealham Floods
Recent storms and heavy rain have raised the level of water across the moors of Somerset. Some parts such as Tealham Moor now look like inland seas. When the water is lapping the edges...
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Back to Tealham Moor
I really enjoyed my previous visit to Tealham Moor. So I returned today early to catch the sunrise. There is a small bridge called, Jack’s Drove Bridge, over the North Drain. It is a...
Tealham Moor
I missed the autumn equinox over the weekend. This was a shame but I had a reason, entering a cycle sportive with my son. Nearly 50 miles around the Mendip Hills and Somerset Levels...
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...
Sunrise Through the Mist
This is one of my favourite finger posts. It is so tall, not sure why as it stands in the flat lands of the Somerset Levels. This morning the landscape was covered in mist....
Lynchcombe Steps
It has been a quiet time up on the Lynchcombe nature reserve in the Mendip Hills of Somerset. We have a lot of showers recently. The upside of which has been some wonderful rainbows....
Pearls of Ubley Warren
For a long time I have been a volunteer warden on the Mendip Hills of Somerset. On one of the Somerset Wildlife Trusts’ interpretation boards is a photo of a dark green fritillary butterfly....
Windmill Hill to Glastonbury Tor
Running along the southern edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset is the A39 main road. I’m not sure it is a real main road as it is very narrow in several places. There...
Priddy in Yellow
This has been a yellow spring and early summer. Dandelions everywhere followed by buttercups. I’m not sure why they are so good this year, maybe it has been the lack of warm sunny days....
Buttercups
The last couple of springs the Somerset Levels have been a sea of yellow buttercups. Barrow Hill, at Panborough, is one of my favourite hills. This is all down to that tree growing out...
