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: Stockhill Woods
Mendip, Mud, Moss & Mist
I thought it would be a good idea to go up to the Mendip Hills and try and get some pictures of Stockhill Wood in the mist. Driving up Old Bristol Road it looked...
The Lonesome Pine
This lonesome pine stands in the pale moonshine in the middle of the Mendips Hills in Somerset. Known (by some) as the Priddy Tree it grows out of the top of a tumulus overlooking...
Hidden Gold
Stockhill Woods These woods are Forestry Commission and in the most part they are a uniform plantation of conifers. Added to that this was a dull overcast day, although the light was soft with...
Stockhill Wood
Autumn colour can be short lived. Often the golden leaves are blown away by the first storm. Tomorrow storm Ophelia, the biggest storm for decades to reach the British Isles will pass just to the west of Somerset....
Stockhill Fire
Dawn and the Stockhill Woods on the Mendip Hills in Somerset are ablaze with the colours of a fabulous sunrise. The dawn is reflected in the Waldegrave Pool which was flat on this rare calm...
Early Snow in Somerset
Only a couple of days into November and a very early snowfall covers parts of Somerset around the Mendip Hills. It was a warm day and I went for a run in the morning....
