Gorgeous

After last evenings musical delights and an all too short sleep in Cheddar Gorge, we made for a sunny vantage point and a hearty breakfast. Finding a pull in with views across the levels and out to the Bristol channel, we took in the morning. Still smiling from last nights Sentient gig. Glastonbury Tor was clearly visible in the distance, such a magical landscape, it's easy to imagine that the Tor has always been held in awe, remembering that until more recent times the surrounding levels would have been an extensive mix of wetland and open water.  Avalon would have been an important and significant isle. After, we made our way back to the gorge. Ascending rocky pathways we rose through a bolder strewn woodland of tenacious stands, before emerging atop of the Mendip Hills and were afforded some spectacular views over and along Cheddar Gorge. The difference in environments between the Mendips and the levels could not be more marked. Again letting my my mind wander, I imagined how the Mendips gorges must have been viewed by people in the past; wild and mysterious places full or stories and folklore, places probably avoided by many and maybe sanctuary for others.  For me the gorges and hills of the Mendips are a magical environment I never tire of exploring.