A short drive around the southern area of the Mendip hills ending up near Ebbor Gorge, looking out over Glastonbury Tor from where the Mendip hills drop away to the fantastic Somerset Levels – in some stormy November conditions!
Overgrown Lanes…!
A rainy trip in October exploring Sandy Lane – yes it really is that overgrown…
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Exploring the Chew Valley in Autumn
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Starting the day up on the Hill...
Morning Mist in the Chew Valley, looking West.
A drive up the hillside and looking East over the Valley it's even more spectacular...
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Tailgate Coffee....
The mist begins to clear...
The fabulous Mendip hills in the background
Autumn in the woods....
Kelly Kettle tea
Birdwatching by Landrover
A male Kestrel sits in a tree on the hillside
The bracken-covered Knowle Hill above Chew Valley Lake
Chew Valley Lake from Knowle Hill
Fishermen on the Lake
The Landrover blends in with the Autumn colours...
Sunlight through Tall Pines at Chew Valley Lake
Magical skies in the evenings, the nights are drawing in...
Time to turn in... Another Autumn day in Somerset's magical Chew Valley.
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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