Sheep in the Wood
A couple of weeks ago I made the trip over to Cheddar to photograph the wild garlic in Cheddar Wood. Back then the garlic was just starting to flower. I posted a few pictures...
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Bluebells at Park Wood
Today I made my annual visit to Park Wood to see the bluebells. This tiny little wood in Somerset can be found off the cycle track east of equally tiny City of Wells. I...
Wood Anemones
It must be true that the sight of spring flowers bring joy to everyone. Well not everywhere has seasons like we have in the UK. So it is probably not true for everyone. But...
Spring Equinox
It is spring equinox again. Time to head up to the top of Glastonbury Tor. The more observant, looking at the feature image for this post, will have realised that I took these pictures...
St Peter’s Daffodils
A couple of years ago I cycled passed St Peter’s Church in Draycott. It was on a route our group of cyclists call ‘The Edge of Mendip’. The Mendip Hills form a high plateau...
Snow on the Mendip Hills
Down in the valley there was no sign of snow, but looking out the bedroom window the hills were covered in the white stuff. So time to jump in the car and and get...
Park Wood
It was time to revisit Park Wood on the edge of Wells in Somerset. Celandines In the damper parts of the wood there was a carpet of yellow celandines. Bluebells But is it the...
Starling Trail
My starling trail posts are normally from Somerset’s Avalon Marshes. This one is different, it is about what those huge flocks get up to during the day when they are not at their roost...
Rodney Stoke
Rodney Stoke Rodney Stoke is a small village nestled below the Mendip Hills in Somerset. It has a beautiful old church that looks out across the open countryside of the Somerset Levels. Following the...
Storm Crows
Recently I have been popping up to Deerleap for an evening stroll. Something I started during the lockdowns as my daily exercise from home. Today, I did not realise that a thunder storm was...
