Get ready for April
Despite the endless rain of this March and the flooding across the Somerset Levels. We have been promised that spring is on its way. Spring is may peoples favourite season as flowers and butterflies...
Tagged: Shepton Mallet
Cowslip Road
Shepton Mallet is often overshadowed by its more well known neighbours of Glastonbury and Wells. But earlier in the year it put on another fabulous display of snowdrops, and now it is the time...
Chasing a Sunset
At this time of year, when viewed from the Ridge Road between Wells and Shepton Mallet, the sun sets behind Glastonbury Tor. However, even with an app that tracks the angle of the sun,...
Beacon Hill in Autumn
Autumn is sometimes very short, this year seems to have taken that to new levels. Perhaps I was too distracted chasing starlings around Somerset? Beacon Hill Wood is one of my favourites and being...
Shepton’s Cowslips
I finally made it to Cannards Grave roundabout in Shepton Mallet. This town in the middle of Somerset in the UK has a roundabout that is famous for its concrete sheep. However, this roundabout...
Paradise Hill
Paradise hill is part of a ridge of carboniferous limestone running east-west to the south of Croscombe. Its road link Wells with Shepton Mallet providing a more traffic free route for commuters, including cyclists....
Christmas Stars
It is Boxing Day and what better in a tiny gap in the wet weather we have had recently than to visit a couple of stars I have not seen since the start of...
![Dandelion Panorama - Dearleap, Somerset, UK. ID dandelion_field. [Blended panorama from 7 separate images]](https://followingmyfeet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dandelion_field-720x340.jpg)
Dandelions and Cowslips
Dandelions and Cowslips It is that time of year when the fields turn yellow with dandelions and a handful of cowslips. Some of the best places are the verges and roundabouts of Shepton Mallet....
Shepton Sunrise
On my journey to work I pass the same locations each day. I keep a note of views that may come good in the right weather, season or time of day. The best may...
Cowslips in the Headlights
First, apologies for the long gap since my last post. I have a backlog of comments to look at, which is really bad – sorry. In the meantime at the start of the...
