Winscombe to Cheddar Hike, Part VI, AONB
Channel: semw52
Date: 2022-03-22

A great open space---I stop a while to watch the planes take off from Bristol airport---you hear nothing--no jet engine noises and  the planes are not easy to spot either landing of leaving....The herd of cattle are resting in the bracken in the distance and the ponies and horses stay in their own space further over.In a month's time this  land will be covered with a purple haze of bluebells---great views up here---Very few people about as its mid-week so I stroll across the AONB heading for the trig.point observing the changes to the landscape like the ancient mounds that line some of the larger processional routes--these mounds are being damaged by the cattle ...trampled by  these huge beasts--newcomers to the hills here......Near the Trig.point  are several Ancient Burial mounds which are also looking worn down ....Yes this small piece of Somerset---the Black Down Hills are full of history...In WW11 the army placed large search lights up here to try and distract the German War planes heading for Bristol---