Chilton Polden
Get a paper map and cut out Somerset. Create a small hole through the location of Chilton Polden. Thread a string through the hole and hang it like a conker. It will hang horizontally....
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Golden Beacon
Beacon Hill Woods Near Shepton Mallet in Somerset these woods are looked after by the Beacon Hill Society along with the Woodland Trust. Obviously, they do a great job as it is a wonderful...
Dawn at the Beech
Pelting Drove Pelting Drove leads on from Deerleap towards the Mendip village of Priddy in Somerset. As you pass over top of the hill from Wells there is a clump of beech trees on...
Orchids and Cowslips at UpHill
Six o’clock in the morning, time for for a quick walk to photograph the flowers growing around the Uphill nature reserves in North Somerset. The sun had only just appeared above the horizon behind...
Collard Hill
Collard Hill Each June I visit Collard Hill near Street in Somerset. This year with the pandemic still raging things felt a bit different. But in this landscape social distancing is easy. The grassland...
Mendip Bluebells
Around Wells in Somerset is a patchwork of little woods. It is difficult to tell from the map where one ends and another begins. In spring they are full of bluebells. But if you...
Compton Pauncefoot
April Back in April the trees were bare after the long cold winter. A few primroses poked through the ground in front of the church. May Now in May, the countryside has come to...
Whitstone Hill
I photographed Whitstone Hill many times as I pass it twice a day most days. It provides a backdrop to some beautiful skies. Summer Fields The wheat fields are looking golden in the summer...
Compton Pauncefoot
Today was a return trip to Compton Pauncefoot. I photographed the harvest in the nearby fields last autumn. In those pictures the church provided a point of focus in the background. I have...
