Quantock Hills

The Gorman’s Gaston reading group

True stories, short stories and stories for children by LoisOctober 27, 2017October 27, 2017

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 6, 2016July 6, 2016

Tree

This remarkable tree is in the Museum of Somerset in Taunton. it is the Tree of Somerset, and it’s carved from oak fwhich was grown on the nearby Quantock Hills; it shows scenes and events from the history of Somerset’s history, but it reminded me of Yggdrasil, the huge mythical tree which connects the nine worlds in Norse cosmology. […]

Bits and pieces by LoisNovember 27, 2015November 27, 2015

Squat like a toad

Walking along the banks of the River Brue at low tide we could look right across the bay, and there beneath lowering clouds over the Quantock Hills, is Hinkley Point nuclear power station

Places by LoisDecember 19, 2012September 26, 2013

Steart

A brilliant December day along Bridgwater Bay in Somerset. To the south are the Quantock Hills, to the west across the sea is Wales and to the north, beyond the peninsular of Brean Down, is Weston-super-Mare. Even Hinkley Point the nuclear power station (shiver) looks unthreatening in the glorious sunshine.