Visit To Burrow Mump

Recently I had a couple of spare hours after finishing work early (very rare occurrence) so decided to head out for walk and scout a new photography location.

Burrow Mump is located in the village of Burrowbridge on the Somerset Levels, it stands out in another-wise flat landscape rising 24metres. The Mump is a natural hill topped with the ruins of a medieval church dedicated to St Micheal.

If you make the short walk up to the submit/ruins you will be rewarded with a panoramic view across the county.

The land and ruin were donated to the National Trust in 1946 as a war memorial. There is a large car park at the base of The Mump with free parking.

Nearest Postcode TA7 0RB

The following photos were taken on Canon RP using 24mm - 105mm Lens, Kase Filters and Manfrotto Tripod.

Foggy Walk On The Quantock Hills

I was lucky enough to be brought up just 10 minutes from the Quantock Hills an area of AONB, as a young child it’s where I spent many hours with my Parents, Sisters and Brother walking, playing and building dens. As a teenage I spent lots of time within the Cubs and Scouts Groups exploring and camping on the Quantocks but as an adult I drifted away from visiting the Quantocks to visit places further afield (in the UK and Aboard) even though I still lived relatively close for most of this time. Things changed in March 2020 when we went in to Lockdown here in the UK, being restricted to local exercise we soon exhausted the local parks and on gentle relaxing of rules were looking for somewhere else local to visit its then the Quantock Hill sprang to mind. Since then I along with my family have spent many hours revisiting old paths and discovering new one all over the Quantocks. 

Last weekend we met my Sister and her family at Staple Plain for a walk retracing some of the paths we walked as children, through the woodland and along the Valley floor all in thick fog.

As ever I packed my camera (with single lens 24mm-105mm) just in case there was a chance to grab a few foggy snaps which I was lucky enough to do much to my five year old nephews dismay (Uncle T why are you taking pictures of old trees in fog he asked a number of times).

Below are a few of the snaps I managed to take throughout our walk.

For more information about the Quantock Hills visit: https://www.quantockhills.com