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: Speckled Wood
Callow Hill
Callow Hill sits on the southern side of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. I started a walk in Axbridge near Cheddar, and immediately climbed the steep hill up through the woods. This is not...
Spring Stroll
Over recent weeks the weather has been wet and surprisingly cold. So when the forecast improved for a day the only thing to do was to attempt to visit all my favourite neighbourhood woods....
Spring Revisited
Spring time and we are still in lockdown. So I wanted to revisit some of my spring pictures from around Somerset – starting with roe deer. This is the sort of view most of...
Lynchcombe Steps
Back in May I visited Lynchcombe to check on the nature reserve for which I am a volunteer warden for the Somerset Wildlife Trust. It is September now and it has been another fascinating...
Lynchcombe Steps
I’m still catching up with posts after a long break with a broken computer and trips away from home. Lynchcombe Nature Reserve I was back up the Mendip Hills to check on the Lynchcombe...
Biddle Combe
After many weeks with no computer after pouring grapefruit juice all over it I have finally been able to create another post. Biddle Combe Biddle is a narrow tangled Combe that starts in the...
Duncliffe Wood
A bank holiday trip over the border of Somerset to Duncliffe Wood in North Dorset. Spring Morning Early spring morning in an ancient magical bluebell wood. You know that you got up early when...
King’s Castle
Kings Castle Wood This Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve sits above the small city of Wells. The woodland floor is rich in wild flowers such as bluebells, wood anemones and wood violets. It is possible...
Lynchcombe Steps
I got back from holiday climbing mountains in the Lake District so where better to go than the steep Lynchcombe nature reserve on the edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Lynchcombe Lots of...
