Pen Hill
Pen Hill is the Mendip Hills red light district. The mast is nearly 300m tall and sits on the top of a 300m hill in Somerset. It is surrounded by rough grazing and dry-stone...
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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....
Priddy Mineries
Priddy Mineries This small patch of the Mendip Hills has an ancient history of mining. It then became a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve – but no longer. Despite this it is still a...
Red Dawn at Lynchcombe
Its Christmas morning and it’s cloudy. These pictures were taken a couple of days ago. I hope you like them, Jeff. Happy Christmas Early in the morning a beautiful deep red sky above the...
Lynchcombe Steps
Things can be very quiet at Lynchcombe in Somerset. Lynchcombe is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve on the sunny southern slopes on the Mendip Hills. Situated down the hill from the Deerleap field...
Lynchcombe Gate
Autumn Equinox I normally head up Glastonbury Tor to welcome the equinox with lots of other people. But this autumn I wanted a simpler evening and so I drove up to Lynchcombe on the...
