Jump into June
Summer Times I love the colours of autumn, the flowers of spring, and winter snow – but the warmth of summer is very hard to beat. Hawthorn blooms across the Mendip Hills. Oxeye daisies...
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Awakening Stars
Early morning before sunrise at Park Wood near Wells in Somerset. A pair of roe deer tip-toe around the edge of the woodland nibbling at the long grass. This was as close as I...
Snowdrops at Henstridge
I recently popped over to the church at Henstridge in South Somerset on the hunt for churchyard snowdrops. I work nearby but shamefully this was the first time I had visited the church. It...
Bishop’s Snowdrops
Each year I make a visit to the Bishop’s Palace in Wells. This is a beautiful place to visit, and you can return all year on the same ticket. What’s not to like! They...
Spring at the Palace
A swan welcomes the start of spring at the Bishop’s Palace in Wells. Wells is a tiny city at the heart of Somerset with a big history. The Bishop’s Palace also has a living...
Cold Snap
In the middle of a springtime we are hit by a cold snap and the early morning temperature drop back down below zero. I love these cold mornings, lots of mist and frost. Two...
Henton Churchyard
Many churches are allowing a corner of their churchyards go wild. Wilder churches are leaving a small patch for nature. Henton is a small village in Somerset, and it has been giving nature a...
Lynchcombe Lookout
The Lookout Outside the immediate area around your home and work there can be few places that you have visited hundreds of times. For me the Lynchcombe lookout is one of those places. As...
Templecombe Poppies
This Sunday marks 100 years since the Armistice was signed in November 1918, bringing an end to the First World War. On Remembrance Sunday 11 November 2018, people around Somerset will be reflecting on the lives...
Hadspen
Having been working in Death Valley for a while – a place with the record for the hottest day on earth – today I was back in England where winter temperatures are nearly 40 degrees lower! Hadspen Near Castle...
