One week in a Somerset Winter

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Alt="Sunset over the Bristol Channel from Weston Super Mare"

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Alt="Uphill Estuary with a view out to Brean Down beyond the boats"
View across the estuary at Uphill Somerset looking out to Brean Down

February is often thought to be the bleakest month of winter, the last throes of poor weather before the onset of spring. Not so this year. After a mild and fairly damp winter we have been treated to a beautiful week or so of sunny weather that produced the most amazing sunsets over the Bristol Channel. These photos are of that week and are taken mainly at Uphill where the River Axe estuary meets the channel. Alongside these are photos taken at the National Trust property of Tyntesfield House near Bristol. WE have been treated to some gorgeous colours that were vibrant and deep culminating on the magical display at the end of the days.

As a Northerner used to bleak mid winters this has been a treat to have winter shortened as it moves into spring.

Hope you enjoy these scenes from Somerset in February 2023

  • Alt="Brean Down in the distance beyond Uphill Estuary"
    Peaceful early winter morning at Uphill Estuary Somerset with Brean Down in the distance
  • Alt="Sunset over the Bristol Channel looking out to Brean Down Somerset"
    Beautiful February sunset looking over to Brean Down Somerset
  • Alt="Driftwood on the shore looking over to Weston Super Mare"
    Driftwood on the shore at Uphill looking down the beach to Weston Super Mare
  • Alt="Sunset over the Bristol Channel from Weston Super Mare"
    A spectacular sunset in early February at Weston Super Mare England
  • Alt="Snowdrops in the grounds of Tyntesfield House near Bristol National Trust"
    Beautiful snowdrops in the grounds of Tyntesfield House North Somerset
  • Alt="Geranium in espalier style at Tyntesfield House"
    Geranium being grow in espalier style at Tyntesfiekld House greenhouses
  • Alt="Patio area at Tytesfield House North Somerset"
    Outdoor seating at Tytesfield House – a great place for cocktails on a summer evening
  • Alt="Uphill Estuary with a view out to Brean Down beyond the boats"
    View across the estuary at Uphill Somerset looking out to Brean Down
  • Alt="Mist over Weston Super Mare Grand Pier Somerset"
    Misty morning over Weston Super Mare Grand Pier Somerset
  • Alt="Boats at the estuary at Uphill Somerset"
    Boats at Uphill Estuary Somerset
  • Alt="Beautiful shades of trees at Tyntesfield near Bristol National Trust"
    Beautiful shades in the trees in the grounds of Tyntesfield House near Bristol
  • Alt="Log pile at Tytesfield House North Somerset"
    Tree surgery at National TrustTyntesfield House near Bristol

Published by Neal Atherton French Travel Book Writer

My passion is writing about travel and particularly French travel. I have traveled extensively in France and wine and food has always featured on my travels and now in my books. My friends always await our return from France with the latest new finds from the vineyards and I was more than happy to keep sampling. I am from Lancashire in the north of England but have now relocated to Somerset (nearer to France) and able to enjoy devoting my time to writing and new discoveries. France came late to me as a destination, in fact so conservative was my travel upbringing that it was a long time before I even ventured to Cornwall. I have more than made up for the slow start and have enjoyed helping many others with their travel plans to France and especially to Paris and Provence. I have written a series of four books on France - Three are now on Amazon:THE FIRST TIME WE SAW PARIS about our first steps in French Travel, THYME FOR PROVENCE our discovery of that glorious region and the people and places we met and discovered, A DREAM OF PARIS a personal memoir of our times in Paris with friends. France has been fun, we have been burgled on our very first arrival, we discovered the best cafe that changed our travel lives on the very next day, we learnt about French wine, we escaped from the most horrendous gite, we found the best of gites, B & B's and people, we laughed and cried with dear friends in Paris, I was hosed down by a crazy owner to cool me down in Provence, our breakfast in a remote village was served by the French army, we stepped totally out of our comfort zone and discovered the best of French culture. The experiences are varied and many and please come with me as I retell the stories and my footsteps are there to follow. I am also writing about ancestry and genealogy and my first book about our incredible family story themed around war and the military is now on Amazon - A BULLET FOR LIFE. I love the English game of cricket, golf, soccer, photography, walking and cooking. Oh, and travel of course.

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