The Mendip Hills
These images are from my walks in Somerset’s Mendip hills. Much of this landscape has been altered by humans for over thousands of years. From stone walls to steel barns, these are just some of the subjects that my photographers eye is drawn to, as well, as capturing the vast skies and views to the contrasting flat lands that surrounds these hills.
An isolated tree holding fast on Black Down. 2020.
Twisted 2022
Ready to harvest, 2022
Dare to enter, 2022
An overcast summers day, 2022
An overcast summers day, 2022
A bumpy landscape, typical of the terrain on Black Down, the highest point of The Mendips. 2020.
The trig point on Black Down. 2020.
Looking south to the Somerset levels. 2020.
Looking towards the south west and the Severn Estuary. 2020.
Alien creature stalks the land. 2020.
A copse dwarfed by a big field. 2020.
Dry stone walls feature all over the Mendips. It was and still is sometimes sheep country. 2020.
The grass is taking over. 2020.
A footpath trodden into a swamp. 2020.
This farmer is applying Zen Buddhist gardening practice. 2020.
The view out from a copse on a mid summers day. Near Priddy. 2020.
A glider rides the thermals. 2020.
A popular footpath. 2020.
A winters hike. 2021.
Looking towards north Devon. 2020.
A corrugated shed near Rowberrow. 2021.
Iron age hill fort, Dolebury Warren. 2021
The path on Black Down 2021