Bidcombe Wood
This is another post venturing over the Somerset border into a neighbouring county. This is because I recently struggled around a gravel cycle ride around the Wiltshire Downs that was organised by Glorious Gravel....
Tagged: Wild Garlic
Prior’s Wood
Respect the Bluebells Prior’s Wood in the north west corner of Somerset is promoted as a bluebell wood. So you can imagine it was been on my radar for a long time. Finally, I...
Sheep in the Wood
A couple of weeks ago I made the trip over to Cheddar to photograph the wild garlic in Cheddar Wood. Back then the garlic was just starting to flower. I posted a few pictures...
Cheddar with Herbs & Garlic
I have been distracted recently by health problems, bad weather, and long work trips so it was a joy to get out for a brief walk up the footpath through Cheddar Wood. In spring...
Cut Above
New Cut The words new cut brings images to mind of motorways crossing a hillside. However, this is not the case in Wells. Here the New Cut appears to be an ancient track up...
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...
Lynchcombe Steps
It was time to spend some quality time on the Lynchcombe nature reserve on the edge of the Mendip Hills. As a volunteer warden I was checking on the condition of the reserve for...
Fuller’s Hay
I do not normally travel this far north in Somerset, but I tumbled across a picture of Fuller’s Hay on the internet. This is a wood with a strange name near the village of...
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....
Milton Hill
I recently made a few visits to Wattles Hill near Wookey Hole in Somerset. Around that hill are several woods, but I had no idea what the names of those woods were, or even...
