Crowcombe, Holford & Bicknoller Horseshoe Wander, Part V, Holford Green---or not so Green in Heat
Channel: semw52
Date: 2022-08-16

After a great wander along  Lower Hare Knapp and  the Cairn on Higher Hare Knapp I rest  on Holford Green----not green  at the moment due to our 2nd Heat Wave bleaching the grass almost white  --no water  for the grass but storms were to arrive in the following week...I stop and sit on a well used bench for my picnic---a quiet moment of reflection and peace and no recording--just absorbing the  peace--and the memories over decades of visiting, of Alberta my campervan which I use to park here while I wandered the hills and combes--sadly missed indeed--now bus and train get me here and back--get me to the foothills like Bicknoller , Crowcombe, West Bagborough, Triscombe but NOT Holford--there is no public  transport to Holford these days-----you have to hike over the hills if you become wheel-less.....Many adventures suspended at the moment around the country on Family Tree expeditions due to no wheels---walking in the footsteps of the Ancients in Somerset is  great though and needed...but I will get about on the trail of those  further afield ancestors asap....hopefully---may be Elon Musk has an answer seeing as 2 of his x2 great uncles married 2 of my x2 great aunts---the Brooks girls and the Musk boys ..........
Anyway back to the walk after a cool recovery I make my way along Hodders combe for the streams and fords and the absolute beauty that embraces us humans there.....Old gnarled trees greet me--known me since I first walked here as a child  moons ago----I say Hi as I walk by...