Blackford Snowdrops
St Michael’s Church Definitely my favourite churchyard for snowdrops. Each year St Michael’s church in Blackford in South Somerset puts on a wonderful display. The snowdrops have been grown in a perfect location to...
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Lynchcombe in November
The exciting news from November was the first snow of winter. Not a lot of snow for the Mendip Hills but its still very early in the season so we should get lots more....
Wells Winter
We were all beginning to think that we would not get a real winter this year. It has been so warm – and cloudy. But today it finally snowed and the landscape around the...
Cheddar Gorge
My final post catching up with the beasts from the east that brought snow to Somerset. Cheddar Gorge Somerset’s famous limestone gorge is a great place for a walk. Last week I walked around the gorge...
Middledown
Middledown The Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve of Middledown high in the Mendip Hills has become a recent favourite of mine. So I returned to see how the reserve was recovering from the recent...
Middledown Snow
Catching up with the beasts from the east when snow covered Somerset. Middledown I had hoped to visit Middledown during the blizzard but it was just too far to walk and too risky to drive. But...
Bubwith Acres
Catching up with the beasts from the east when snow covered Somerset. Bubwith Acres I have rarely visited this Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve on the side of the Mendip Hills. Not sure why. Today...
Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe Snow I am a volunteer warden at Lynchcombe for the Somerset Wildlife Trust so a visit during the snow from the east was essential. It was still snowing and blowing a gale. I...
Cooks Fields in Spring
Spring time, but on Cooks Fields along the exposed southern ridge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset it was clearly still winter time. Cooks Fields Cooks Fields is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve...
Deerleap Snow
Singe Track Road One 4×4 had made it down the steep Deerleap road from the top of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Just around the corner the snow was 4 foot deep but they...
