Some images from a trip along Nordrach near Charterhouse at the height of summer this year.
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Category Archives: Somerset
LRE-TV: Villice Lane in November
A short trip along the beautiful Villice Lane in North Somerset.
LRE-TV: Somerset Greenlaning – Dursdon Drove
LRO Show at Shepton Mallet
Made the local trip to the Landrover Owners Show at Shepton Mallet. A great experience all round – seemed to be badly publicized though, many of the traders there saying it was too quiet. And I found it very hard to get any info on it too! But once there it was superb, great fun, loads of old gear and army surplus Jerry cans etc, Landrover tents, parts, LR branded gear and huge variety of vehicles on show and driving around the big Bath and West Showground site. The Off Road course hosted and mashalled by XtremeOffRoad was great fun to watch as variously-equipped Landy’s went through the mud…
Get Out & Stay Out – Ebbor Camp on The Mendip Hills
Exploring the Chew Valley in Autumn
Exploring Long Thorn Lane – Chew Magna, Somerset
This trip uncovered a new route via Chew Stoke – Long Thorn Lane, which starts as a metaled road and then dives deep into a magical old sunken lane, complete with badger sets in the banks. This was just a quick recce so I didn’t drive the full lane. Met a farmer in his 90 pickup who said it was a bit tricky in parts where the badgers had piled up earth making a very uneven surface where a Landy will lean pretty steeply… I’ll be walking it first so will take a look then.
Chew Magna Lanes
Somerset Greenlanes – Chewton Mendip Ford
The ford at Chewton Mendip – see map below:
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Recalls a famous scene, in Constable’s ‘The Haywain’!:
MAPS:
Landranger 1:25,000 map (from Multimap)
Somerset Greenlanes
North Somerset Greenlanes/Byways – Note: some of these may have restrictions in place.
FARRINGTON GURNEY AREA
CL24/117 Fosse Lane ST670555 nr farrington
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Stock Lane nr Chilcompton
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CONGRESBURY AREA
BA15/19 Muddy Lane ST675620 nr congresbury
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BATHFORD AREA
BA21/7a Holtsdown Lane ST775695 nr bathford
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BA8/90 Tucking Mill Lane ST653645 nr bathford – looks mettaled? near to blackberry lane below – nice lane
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Blackberry lane nr bathford
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PENSFORD AREA
CL17/41 Ringspit Lane ST618654 nr Pensford
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BA8/89 Old Pensford lane ST634659 pensford close to brichwood lane below
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BA8/87 Birchwood Lane ST634644 close to pensford lane above
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CHEW VALLEY AREA
CL1/50 Nanny Hurn’s Lane ST603575 nr bishop sutton
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CL14/53 Long Thorn Lane ST526620 nr winford
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CL22/24 Ubley Drove/Sidelings ST525577 nr west harptree
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CHEDDAR AREA
BA25/43 Brinscombe Lane ST721569 nr cheddar reservoir
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Cheddar Gorge – Spectalular, well worth a drive.
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PRIDDY/ MENDIP HILLS AREA
Dursdon Drove nr priddy/wells road
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Nordrach nr Charterhouse
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WELLS AREA
CL10/6 Ham Lane ST628557 nr Wells
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CL3/88 Bullimore Lane ST580637 nr wells above
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