Bridges over Troubled Waters
Joining Westhay with Wedmore is a road called Blakeway. It cuts across the flat ground of the Somerset Levels. Apart from a couple of sharp bends near Sweets Tea Rooms this is a very...
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Water Water Everywhere
A mute swan paddles slowly across a lake that used to be a field. This was just one of delights seen on a walk along North Chine Drove near Wedmore in Somerset. This...
Finding Higher Ground
Winter bought lots of floods to this corner of Somerset. The snow today brought some excitement, but this will melt back to water very quickly. These days it is best to avoid narrow lanes...
Mendip, Mud, Moss & Mist
I thought it would be a good idea to go up to the Mendip Hills and try and get some pictures of Stockhill Wood in the mist. Driving up Old Bristol Road it looked...
The Floods from Glastonbury Tor
I’m a bit jealous of all those people posting beautiful drone images on social media. I would love to get a drone, but I find their noise really annoying. This is probably because they...
Storm Dennis
Langport Following on from Storm Ciara last week, Storm Dennis arrived over the weekend. Both brought heavy rain and winds. On the Somerset Levels it also brought floods. The River Parrett burst its banks at Langport...
Stileway-next-to-the-Sea
This morning I was walking around Lynchcombe. This reserve has excellent views across the Somerset Levels. I could see the fields around Meare were under floodwater so in the afternoon I drove down to there...
