Spring at RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset
RSPB Ham Wall, a wetland environment in the heart of the Somerset Levels, bursts into life at this time of the year, and at a recent trip I managed to … Continue Reading Spring at RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset
Taking Flight at Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset
Views from Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor
View from Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor
‘Lasts’ Art Installation by Elena Hutchcroft and Karolina Nieduza
I was pleased to be involved in the exciting collaboration between artists Elena Hutchcroft, Karolina Nieduza and the Alfred Gillett Trust for Somerset Art Weeks 2017. ‘Lasts’ is an art installation … Continue Reading ‘Lasts’ Art Installation by Elena Hutchcroft and Karolina Nieduza
The Face In The Cliff – Kilve Beach, Somerset
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RSPB Greylake, Somerset
RSPB Greylake on the Somerset Levels is a great place to visit to see a whole range of birds and other wetland wildlife. The fields here used to be arable … Continue Reading RSPB Greylake, Somerset
Medieval Window, Lytes Cary Manor
Lytes Cary Manor is a medieval manor house in South Somerset with a beautiful Arts and Crafts garden. Originally the family home of Henry Lyte in the late 1500s, where … Continue Reading Medieval Window, Lytes Cary Manor
Kilve Beach, Somerset
Bronze Age Barrow Cemeteries of Ashen Hill and Priddy
The area of north east of the village of Priddy in Somerset contains an extensive Bronze Age ritual landscape containing several barrow cemeteries rivalling those seen in Wiltshire surrounding Stonehenge. … Continue Reading Bronze Age Barrow Cemeteries of Ashen Hill and Priddy
Sunset on the Beach
Juxtaposition
This is the factory HQ of Clarks the shoemakers, a hodge-podge of 19th century factories and later offices which has a wonderful collection of modern art from around the world … Continue Reading Juxtaposition
Witches Butter and Crowded Parchment
At a recent walk through around Fyne Court, a National Trust woodland in Somerset, I came across some peculiar looking fungi, which have even more peculiar names. This is Tremella … Continue Reading Witches Butter and Crowded Parchment
Next Stop Newfoundland
If you travel another 2,300 miles into that horizon you’ll reach Newfoundland. The water breaking onto the pebble beach of Porlock Weir in Somerset has travelled pretty much that distance … Continue Reading Next Stop Newfoundland
Rush Hour in the Countryside
Green Grow The Rushes, Ho! An English Folksong
I wanted to share a fantastic English folk song common in Somerset and the Westcountry which I recently learned. It’s really difficult to get out of your head once started … Continue Reading Green Grow The Rushes, Ho! An English Folksong
