Somerset Mist
A frosty start to the morning. Looking out my window the landscape was covered in mist. Time for a walk high up onto the Mendip to check out the view. Beautiful white mist, and...
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A frosty start to the morning. Looking out my window the landscape was covered in mist. Time for a walk high up onto the Mendip to check out the view. Beautiful white mist, and...
No late parties this year. So, a chance to get up early and watch dawn break on the last day of 2020 – a very cold morning. On Christmas morning we saw the Cathedral...
A Strange Christmas This is not a normal Christmas. I’m missing my son, my mum and the rest of the family. Hopefully, things we get better next year. I spent the early hours of...
Winter Solstice I missed my usual trip to the top of Glastonbury Tor for the winter solstice this December. Instead, this year I went to the top of Lynchcombe. The sunrise was worth the...
Autumn at the Lynchcombe nature reserve on the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills. With leaves turning gold, deep shadows, morning mists, and brightly coloured fungi in the fields – autumn is a perfect...
Autumn is the time of year when Venus, the morning star, is at its highest point in the sky. A clear morning at the top of Glastonbury Tor was the perfect location to see...
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...
If you follow the road out of Wells to Wookey Hole and up the hill to Ebbor Gorge to the car park, then it is only a short walk to the deer leap standing...
During the lockdown we were allowed out each day for some exercise. So to get fit I went for lots of cycle rides around the Somerset Levels. The moors and levels were looking beautiful...
Lynchcombe Nature Reserve During spring the volunteering activities organised by the Somerset Wildlife Trust closed down as the country tackled the pandemic. Then in May things started to very slowly return to normal. Now...