A Treat for Mother

Yesterday morning Farmer Daughter suggested we went for a walk as a "Pre Mother's Day Treat" so after lunch the two of us with Poppy drove off to start the walk. The walk starts in some ancient woodland known as King's Wood. It rapidly starts to climb up.

The bare trees have a character all of their own.

Once we came out of the woods we continued to climb up onto Wavering Down which is a spur of the Mendip Hills reaching out towards the Bristol Channel. We had a great view back towards the Somerset Levels and Cheddar Reservoir as we climbed.

We soon reached the Trig point which was an obvious point to stop for a selfie or two.

Poppy wasn't over keen on her elevated position.

The walk then continued on over undulating grass until you reach Crooks Peak, a rocky outcrop at the far end of the spur. We actually skirted round this to continue the walk but still had grand views over to th Channel.

As well as back across the levels. 

 All of this land is open but used to graze livestock. There were some ponies grazing in one spot. We then gradually descended over fairly steep paths which were slightly slippery down into the village of Compton Bishop. We stopped briefly to look at the church.

The walk then returned through the fields at the foot of the hills. There were a number of challenging stiles with no step up. My sweet daughter made the most of being asked to momentarily carry my camera.

We then reached the hamlet of Cross which I would actually describe as big enough to be a village. Our book told us that Frankie Howard had lived here. There were quite a few interesting houses.

The next bit I again found quite challenging when we started up a path totally blocked by a solid snow drift. It required very careful negotiating.

We then had about a mile to go along a track at the base of King's Wood.

The whole walk was 6 miles and I was certainly glad to see the car! The up and down landscape had made for quite a strenuous walk for me but it was certainly worth it. The evening was spent dozing by the fire!