Weacombe Combe Circular Walk From Holford, Part IX, 'On The Coleridge Way' by Sheila  Oct  18th 2018
Channel: semw52
Date: 2018-10-30

After a lovely walk thru' Smith's Combe I link up with the Coleridge Way, well signposted at a junction point over a stream, which goes Westward to West Quantoxhead and East to Alfoxton and Holford. What a difference in the growth and size of the bracken between the peak of the hot Summer months and now in the Autumn month of late October. During the heat wave the ferns were 10 foot tall Plus and the small 'cantoc', track was only just passable with the need to use the stick to clear the path but now the ferns are a rusty colour and much  reduced in height and no longer encroaching over the 'cantoc' but have been clipped back as well. BUT the steepness remains , the undulating twists and turns up and down, following the contours of the hills, persist in all seasons and in the Winter  different  factors play their role like fierce easterly winds, cold winds and snow--Yes this walk has so much variety all year around-------flowers and fungi take in turns to catch the eye as we walk by...