Quantock Hills - Mar 2025
| Quantock Hills - in the sun | |
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Third time lucky! We managed to visit Quantock Hills in the sun this time.
These two photos compare the view on a sunny day next to the foggy day in November 2024. |
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| Our walk across the hills was beautiful. We could see for miles and were stunned by the view. | |
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| We could see all they way back home to Burnham-on-Sea and we had a clear view of Hinckley Point nuclear power station. | |
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| The sun was nice and warm, but it was still early morning and there was ice on the puddles. Brrrr. | |
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Hild enjoyed looking for sheep. We had seen them in the distance, but where did they disappear to?
Aha - there they are! The lambing season had just started - as announced on signs along the trail. We saw some small lambs. So cute. |
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| And suddenly the sheep were everywhere. All of them ignored us and went about their day. | |
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| We spontaneously changed our route and dipped down into one of the valleys. On our way down the hill Rob spotted a real holly tree. How exciting. However, later we realised that they are everywhere. | |
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| At the bottom of the valley we followed a little stream. In the end we had to make the perilous crossing jumping from slippery rock to slippery rock. Shoes and socks remained dry. | |
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| There is ivy growing everywhere. We found this one tree which was fallen over and very dead. It looked like it had been choked to death by so much ivy! | |
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| Our lunch break back at Percy included giant sausage rolls (thanks to Liz) and a cup of tea, of course. | |
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| We were so happy to finally visit the Quantock Hills on a sunny day. We'll be back! | |
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Postscript: A good day for hiking boots. |
March 2025