Tagged: South Somerset

Snowdrops - St Michaels Church, Blackford, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_1836

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...

Church of St Dunstan - Baltonsborough, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_0806

South Somerset Churches

With the sun out it was a great day for a cycle trip around some of the villages of South Somerset. Baltonsborough I arrived in Baltonsborough just as the hay was being cut in...

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) - Perry Mead, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9704

Perry Mead

Perry Mead Perry Mead is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve in South Somerset.  Its a small but beautiful patch of grassland along the banks of the River Cary. To me there is a...

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...

Church of All Saints - Alford, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9277

Alford

I have been looking though my pictures recently and noticed a big hole in my church pictures.  The entire centre of Somerset was missing!  So today I picked the tiny village of Alford.  As...

Kingsdon

All Saints Church This is a picture of the 800 year old church in Kingsdon that I took during a beautiful winter afternoon.  Today I was drawn back to this small village in South...

St Nicholas Church - Bratton Seymour, Somerset, England. ID 825_1384

Bratton Seymour Snowdrops

The Church The church at Bratton Seymour is one of my favourites.  I pass nearby virtually every day.  High on a hill facing east towards the morning sun it is a beautiful location at...

Remembrance Poppies - Church of St Mary - Abbas and Templecombe, Somerset, UK. ID 826_2564

Templecombe Poppies

This Sunday marks 100 years since the Armistice was signed in November 1918, bringing an end to the First World War.  On Remembrance Sunday 11 November 2018, people around Somerset will be reflecting on the lives...

Snowdrops - Holton, Somerset, UK. ID 809_0802

Holton Snowdrops

This week the church in the tiny village of Holton has looked at its best against the beautiful blue skies. Holton This February I have been running around capturing the snowdrops in the villages that make up Camelot in South...

Snowdrops - Yarlington, Somerset, UK. ID 825_1490

Yarlington Snowdrops

Yarlington A few days ago I continued my tour around the Camelot parishes of South Somerset.  I reached the small village of Yarlington.  It sits in a beautiful part of the county surrounded by steep...