After a few false starts, here we go

This is really a blog for freedom, travel, walking and cycling. I have designed and built my own VW T5.1 Transporter Campervan in which I travel extensively. I have just completed 5 stages around Europe and a number of other trips closer to home, which you can see by clicking the date links in red on the right. So, dear visitor, click on the pics, open them up, add your comments or questions, or just say hello in the comments box at the end of each post.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Now we are back to the cold weather

The cold weather is now back, not quite as bad as it was before xmas but still with the same mists and fogs across the Somerset Levels. The land in these pics is the land of King Alfred the Great, founder of the Royal Navy and the King of Wessex. Alfred hid in these levels, called by us locals as 'The Moor' whilst he regrouped to repel the Danes. The legend of 'burning the cakes' was played out in this part of England.

Along with this is the mythology of Avalon and Glastonbury. You can see the rise of the Tor and Knoll from the mists, a sight quite common here.

These pics are taken from the high ground of the Mendip at Deer Leap, between Wookey Hole and Priddy.