Last weekend saw our early spring Quantcocks walking break.
The Quantocks is a long 'whaleback' ridge stretching from just north of Taunton to the shores of Bridgwater Bay. A complex system of small valleys (combes) form the flanks of the hill. These combes are cloaked with native woodlands whilst the ridge top is an expanse of moorland carpetted with heather, bilberry and gorse.
As usual our group was accommodated at the idyllically located Combe House at Holford.
Saturday started with snow which gave way to high cloud and a chilly breeze. The walk from West Bagborough up onto the Quantock ridge and along to Wills Neck and then a descent of Lady's Edge into Hodder's Combe is a classic excursion and the high cloud enabled the group to make the best of the stunning views out into the Bristol Channel and over to Wales.
Sunday's walk was accompanied by every kind of weather that England can produce; wind, rain, sleet, hail - however any day is a good day to walk through Alfoxton Park and over Longstone Hill. Everyone had a great time and left enchanted by the west country's 'hidden gem'.
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