Tagged: Priddy

Snowdrops - Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1540

Roadside Snowdrops

We all have our favourite places to see snowdrops – a church, country estate or woodland valley.  However, it is possible to see snowdrops all over the place as you drive around the county....

Snowdrops - Church of St Michael, Blackford, South Somerset, UK. ID JB_6725

Somerset Snowdrops

  This is one of my favourite times of the year, because it is the time when the snowdrops signal the beginning of the end of winter.  Somerset has a wealth of places to...

Christmas Lights - Cabot Circus, Bristol, UK. ID IMG_7422

Happy Christmas

I love the things that people do to celebrate Christmas like this wonderful post box in Wells Happy Christmas St Cuthbert’s church has a Crib Festival each year.  For me this begins Christmas. A...

Hawthorn in Bloom - Priddy Mineries, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_6314

Hawthorn in Bloom

Over the last couple of weeks hawthorn has been out in bloom all across the Mendips Hills in Somerset. Combined with blue skies it has been a fantastic display. Unfortunately, my day job has...

Snowdrops in the Snow - Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_2818

Snow Drops on Snowdrops

My last post about the cold snap that brought springtime snow to Somerset.  This time focusing on snowdrops.  Who doesn’t like a snowdrop in snow? The combination of thick snow that hid most flowers,...

Dry-stone Wall - Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_2925

Priddy Green in White

Having popped home to warm up I could not resist rushing straight back out to capture more of the snow on the Mendip Hills.  This time to visit the only village high up in...

Trees in Snow - North Hill above Priddy Mineries, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4191

Stockhill Woods in the Snow

Day two of the this weeks winter adventure up in the Mendip Hills of Somerset.  Today we did not just have snow but also thick fog. I parked in the excellent car park at...

Sunrise over the village green - Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_9089

Red & Blue Priddy Green

The village green at Priddy is wide and open.  The early morning sky was dark red, and the frost covered grass had turned a soft blue in the semi-darkness. It was a bitterly cold...

Wood Sorrel - Stockhill Woods, Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7165

Wood Sorrel

Stockhill Wood is a very popular walking destination, where tracks provide easy routes.  It can be found high in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, not far from the village of Priddy. Much of the...

Snowdrops - Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3705

Priddy Snowdrops

Priddy This village sits high up in the Mendip Hills.  It has a church, shop, a pub and a central green and lots of social events.  So it is a really good village! The...