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Looking up and down the river Brue at Westhay, we can see a pillbox, one of several in the area. Not quite forgotten rem...
07/09/2026

Looking up and down the river Brue at Westhay, we can see a pillbox, one of several in the area. Not quite forgotten reminders of a time where we needed defences at home ☁️🙌🙏

The levels just outside of Glastonbury ☁️🙌🙂
07/09/2026

The levels just outside of Glastonbury ☁️🙌🙂

The Tor under grey stormy skies ☁️🌧️💪
07/09/2026

The Tor under grey stormy skies ☁️🌧️💪

Old but gold! Happy Sunday folks 🙏⛅🙌
06/09/2026

Old but gold! Happy Sunday folks 🙏⛅🙌

Here is a double feature from Stoke Sub Hamdon for you.The church with the clock face and tall spire in the upper right ...
05/09/2026

Here is a double feature from Stoke Sub Hamdon for you.

The church with the clock face and tall spire in the upper right of this image is the United Reformed Church. It is a Grade II listed building built in 1865, opening in 1866. Sadly the church closed its doors in 2017.

We can then see beneath the church a complex of buildings, some of which are ruined. This is Stoke Sub Hamdon Priory.

Stoke Sub Hamdon Priory is in fact, and never was a Priory. Built in 1304 by John De Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp. It served as a Chantry College for a Provost and priests to serve the nearby chapel of St Nicholas.

In the 1500s following the abolition of the Chantries, it became a working farm, known as Parsonage Farm.

The main priory building itself is of an L-shaped plan and consists of three unequal wings. The oldest part contains the hall, screens and dormitory. This was built in the 14th century but contains stones from the previous building, which show oblique tooling found in Norman architecture.

At the lower left of this image we see a circular roof. This belongs to the Dovecote, thought to be from the 15th century. The ruined building next to the Dovecote was a barn, sadly ravaged by fire in 1969.

The buildings are made predominantly from Hamstone, quarried from local Ham Hill. The site is now preserved and classed as an ancient monument.

Visiting the site is relatively tricky despite it being a National Trust site, and you need to book tickets in advance. With the site being open for a limited window during the year ⛅🙌🙏

St Leonard's church, Butleigh. Looking beautiful today under a decidedly stormy sky ☁️💪🙏
04/09/2026

St Leonard's church, Butleigh. Looking beautiful today under a decidedly stormy sky ☁️💪🙏

A throwback to when we had a clear sky and the fields were verdant. Bridgwater had the Eddystone 34028 steam through! I ...
04/09/2026

A throwback to when we had a clear sky and the fields were verdant.

Bridgwater had the Eddystone 34028 steam through!

I flew a drone from just outside the station and captured a few shots of the town as well as one image of Eddystone on approach.

Despite being built in 1946, Eddystone carried some impressive pace and I only managed one decent image on approach. Bridgwater railway station predates Eddystone by some margin.

The railway arrived at Bridgwater on June 14th 1841. For a year, Bridgwater was the terminus of the line, and then on June 1st 1842 they extended the line to Taunton by opening the Somerset Bridge over the river Parrett on the outskirts of town.

A hotel was built just outside the station entrance which has long since been demolished, but the houses provided for the company's staff can still be seen opposite the station.

These days the 4 floor Mercure hotel can be seen from afar, clearly visible in one image, its red white and blue structure colourfully adding to the image. To the left in the same image we can see the tall spire of St Mary's church, noted for its Gothic architecture. The earliest record of a church on the site dates from 1107.

I have dug out these sunny Bridgwater images to brighten your day🙏❤️⛅

The last of my images taken above Combe Hill and the Hood Monument, some different perspectives ⛅❤️🙌
03/09/2026

The last of my images taken above Combe Hill and the Hood Monument, some different perspectives ⛅❤️🙌

The Hood Monument under a vibrant evening sky overlooking the levels, with Compton Dundon on our left ⛅🙂🙏
03/09/2026

The Hood Monument under a vibrant evening sky overlooking the levels, with Compton Dundon on our left ⛅🙂🙏

Flying high above Combe Hill, we see the road to Butleigh and Kingweston. The hills, and standing out clearly with the v...
02/09/2026

Flying high above Combe Hill, we see the road to Butleigh and Kingweston. The hills, and standing out clearly with the village of Compton Dundon in the background, the Admiral Hood Monument ⛅🙏🙌

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