Mist
Not every trip goes to plan. A few days ago I ventured to the top of Glastonbury Tor. Arriving in the dark hoping to catch the sun rising over a countryside covered in beautiful...
Tagged: Fog
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...
Starling Trail
I was very pleased with this picture taken recently at RSPB Ham Wall. It shows a group of visitors at the first viewing platform enjoying a fabulous starling display. I got this image by...
Mendip Mist
Excitement as I woke to thick fog. I think you would call this fog rather than mist, but the word mist sits better against the Mendips. A quick breakfast followed by a dash to...
Mendip Fog
Ubley Warren With Christmas weather getting worse I head to the hills in an attempt to capture the atmosphere of this other-worldly in the fog. The Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Ubley Warren reserve is scared with deep rakes and...
Woodland Mist
Beacon Hill The weather was not looking promising for the start of the Christmas break. The only hope was for thick fog on the top of the Mendip Hills. Trees provide a sense...
Glastonbury Spectre
Yesterday, during my visit to the top of Glastonbury Tor I saw something very strange. First I saw the shadow of the Tor on the top of the fog. Then I noticed my own shadow on...
Glastonbury Tor
Forecast was for fog. Two places to go in thick fog – first is up the Mendip Hills looking towards Glastonbury Tor, second is up Glastonbury Tor looking everywhere else! Morning Mist Today I...
Starling Trail
This morning RSPB Ham Wall was sitting in the fog. In this weather there was only one option and that was to go to the Tor View hide where you should be as close as...
Starling Trail
A foggy start to the day so I ventured out to the Tor View hide in RSPB Ham Wall on the Somerset Levels. With limited visibility this hide gets you into the middle of...
