Cheddar Gorge & Long Wood Walk In Spring 2021,Part VI,'Thru Long Sheep Field to Cheddar' by Sheila J
Channel: semw52
Date: 2021-06-05

Long Sheep Field is LONG--a place where larger lambs with horns often get stuck  in the fencing trying to reach the grass on the other side...weird fencing really because the lambs get trapped by their horns  due to the style of fencing used---it allows the  head of the lamb to get rhru  but many have difficulty  retreating and can  possibly spend hours in the heat trapped unless rescued by walkers---I have released loads over the years and I reckon those lambs remember the experience and the human that helped them but not all lambs some will return and get trapped all over again----trapped and hence easy prey for foxes and birds-----On this day I witnessed 3 woman walkers jostling with a jumpy scared lamb but they did manage to free it.......Yes long sheep field where scraggy ewes loose their  winter coats in stages and do look so scruffy---nut the field a home for  the sheep--plenty of room to roam and places to shelter from the heat or rain.....after I leave the field I roam thru Piney Sleights Farm--over the cute stony stiles and into the long open fields abundant with wild flowers and grasses----a lovely wander here in the warm afternoon sunshine before views of the reservoir appear and Crooks Peak, Brent Knoll----Cheddar Gorge  reappears  of the South side where several hours earlier I had walked and stood---now I am on the North side  with views of Glastonbury Tor and the Vale of Avalon ----I descend thru the narrow winding tracks but not close to the gorge edge because I take a route down thru a wood to the lovely village of Cheddar---then an Ice-Cream and cold a drink .........Its been a great hike today and I will be back---Cheddar is a junction place where several routes merge and so much more catching up walking to do AFTER ALL THE RESTRICTIONS AND LOCK-DOWNS WITH the arrival of  COVID-19 appearing all over the World---------Enjoy the beauty all around you folks wherever you are  xx