Mendips

We spent easter in Somerset, first travelling to Bath then to our hired country cottage in the Mendips.

Caving is awesome! This weekend I joined the Oxford University Caving Club on their annual expedition to the Mendips, near Bristol. It's my new favorite. With a whole lot of apprehension, I dropped into the dark boulder-filled maw of "Swildon's ...

... Highbridge so I set off up the stupidly steep hill (all in all I reckon I climbed 1500m in the day) out of Bristol and over the Mendips.  Once off the Mendips there were horrible head winds the whole way to the coast.  By now I was a couple of ...

... this weekend. The next day is our only wet one so far. Soft drizzle accompanies us across the peat & sedge cuttings to the mendips. After a steep pull up to the top we have a glorious view back of Glastonbury Tor again which has been a beacon all ...

... the salt off, but that was freezing and it reminded me of the dirty old green pool we used to swim in as kids up in the Mendips. We decided to wait and have a shower. Next we watched the sun go down over the salt flats with a pisco sour. Bit of a ...

... . By Katie DAYS 2 + 3  By Andrew     had a great time cycling through Devon and Somerset (the Mendips were a lot more hilly than I remembered ). Hit the 1/4 way mark on the Severn Crossing. Cycled briefly into Wales and ...

... . . I say quietly. . . 40 yrs ago! Padi picked me up from there, bringing Ben along and took us to my dad's home on the Mendips. She covers so many miles for me, and gives so much of her time, I so appreciate it. The walk would have been very hard without ...

... . Josh and Ang took us out to the airport via a different route thru the countryside. Lovely little villages and countryside over the Mendips hills, an area where they do a lot of caving. Had a Guinness at the airport while waiting for our gate to be ...

... in Somerset already. The Pennines seem just days ago! So after a slow start, it's onto quiet country lanes skirting the Mendips and heading across the Levels. There's no mistaking why this area was named the Somerset Levels as the drove roads cover mile ...

... eye'? We continue to walk the Limestone Way having closer to home, followed it's cousin the Limestone Link, although comparisons with The Mendips can be found, this is BIG country and a different ball game. Mam Tor, like Glastonbury Tor, seems to have the ...

... ' his chest out because, under trying conditions, it looks 'stunning'. For 3 miles we climbed onto the escarpment of the Mendips, behind us the skies cleared and were accompanied with fleeting glimpses of blue. We however continued to walk under 'sobbing' ...

... removed. The village is situated on the side of a hill and we paused to take in the views, the Quantocks to the West, the Mendips to the North and the hills back to Pilton can all be picked out. From a gate we looked across glistening crops, heavy from ...