Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset
Spring reaches its peak in May. This month, flowers of all colours spread across the woodland, grasslands and countryside. Insects emerge from mayflies, dragonflies and butterflies. Friendly rabbits nibble at the grass. Lambs dash...
Joining Westhay with Wedmore is a road called Blakeway. It cuts across the flat ground of the Somerset Levels. Apart from a couple of sharp bends near Sweets Tea Rooms this is a very...
Winter bought lots of floods to this corner of Somerset. The snow today brought some excitement, but this will melt back to water very quickly. These days it is best to avoid narrow lanes...
There is a road that runs north from of the village of Westhay in Somerset. The OS maps call this Main Road. While Google maps calls it Blakeway. Before I noticed this conflict...
Starlings collect on the pylons near Westhay soon after leaving their roost site at RSPB Ham Wall. Westhay Pylons I don’t think I like pylons, in nearly all my pictures I have tried hard...
The River Brue flows very slowly across the Somerset Levels. Much of its route is really straight, but a small section between Meare and Westhay is all wibbly-wobbly. So I started a mini-project to...
Burtle Loop This straight stretch of road is part of Strava‘s Burtle Loop. I’ve cycled it so many time that I’m currently the their Local Legend for this Loop. The tag of Local Legend...
I am working away from home so no chance to get down to Somerset’s Avalon Marshes. Anyway the weather has been so bad I probably would not have gone anyway. So it’s time to...
The Centenary Poppy Wave A beautiful poppy display to commemorate the ending of the First World War. The communities of Meare and Westhay on the Somerset Levels created a beautiful and creative display. Every knitted...
As we approach Starling Trail season my thoughts were dawn to Westhay and I remembered the Shapwick Road Garage. I’m fond of independent garages and I have passed this one many times but the...
