Burtle Loop
Burtle Loop This straight stretch of road is part of Strava‘s Burtle Loop. I’ve cycled it so many time that I’m currently the their Local Legend for this Loop. The tag of Local Legend...
Tagged: Farmland
Going for a Ride
I have been going for lots of cycle rides as the lockdown eases. Its a time to escape for a couple of hours in the middle of the week and enjoy some sunshine. On...
Lynchcombe Steps
Sheep and Butterflies It’s July, the sun is out and Lynchcombe is covered in sheep and butterflies. Also, horse flies and ticks so take care! Most of the sheep were under the trees taking...
South Somerset Churches
With the sun out it was a great day for a cycle trip around some of the villages of South Somerset. Baltonsborough I arrived in Baltonsborough just as the hay was being cut in...
Mendip Mist
Its mist season in Somerset! Mendip Mists On the plateau above the village of Chewton Mendip the flat fields were covered in a few feet of soft mist. These horses came all the way up...
Autumn Equinox
This year in the UK the autumn equinox was on the 23rd September. The time when the sun rises due east and sets due west. The earth is not leaning towards or away from...
Wiltshire Clouds
Wiltshire Leaving Somerset for the day to the neighbouring county of Wiltshire. Visiting Avebury with some friends. This area is full of history, Silbury Hill is the largest man made mound in Europe and was...
Shepton Sunrise
On my journey to work I pass the same locations each day. I keep a note of views that may come good in the right weather, season or time of day. The best may...
Lynchcombe Steps
I got back from holiday climbing mountains in the Lake District so where better to go than the steep Lynchcombe nature reserve on the edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Lynchcombe Lots of...
Lynchcombe Steps
Over the years I have seen lots of dragonflies on Lynchcombe. This week was prime dragonfly season on this Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve. Sheep But as you climb over the stile into the reserve...
