Draycott To Cheddar Walk, Part III,'Draycott Sleights' by Sheila, Sept 21st 2020
Channel: semw52
Date: 2020-09-28

Sleights another name for 'Pastures'--Here we have an area of Special Scientific Interest SSI--a National Nature Reserve and home to 150 types of wild Flowers like Hairy Rock Cress, Dwarf Thistle, Bee Orchids--also  butterflies grasshoppers, slow worms and Adders---A place  with great views over the Somerset levels and Glastonbury Tor---the Vale of Avalon--a place where the woolly mammoth and Sabre- toothed tiger once roamed along with bears and wolves and of course ancient  human tribes---Amazing survivors of climate changes for  many eras---Ice Ages have come and gone and  people have  moved  and colonized and sat up here on the Sleights, as well, observing the  Sun rises and sunsets and the Moon waxing and waning---built shelters and fires in the Winter, hunted and gathered food---amazing  times..........