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Seen from Woodville Stile on Cameley Lane. The tree could be up to a thousand years old.
©Maurice Pullin
54 in this field and the black one, including the two in the gate and the pair to the right. How many in the next field? You count them. A stream at the bottom of the valley is a tributary of the River Cam.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.1km<br/>Everything visible here is in this square. The footpath starts with the stile to the right of the gate.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.3km<br/>The valley contains a tributary (name unknown) of the River Cam. Standing near the top of the stile seen in [[[1123216]]]
©Maurice Pullin
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©Dr Duncan Pepper
Dist:0.4km<br/>Will the errant traveller ever find their way to the charmingly named Temple Cloud?
©Dr Duncan Pepper
Dist:0.4km<br/>The village was known in the Domesday Book as Hantone, the Blewett part of the name coming from the Bluet family in the fourteenth century.
©Stuart Buchan
Dist:0.4km<br/>This lane leads north towards Bishop Sutton.
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©Dr Duncan Pepper
Dist:0.5km<br/>"Archetypal village green pub with sensational views and food and beers to match. Idyllically located betwixt the Mendip Hills and the beautiful Chew Valley ( the Lake District of Somerset! ), in countryside that lies between Bristol and Wells." It says in: http://www.ringobellshinton-butcombe.com/about/ The bits I was able to check are true. From family history I know this pub is at least 150 years old and probably much older than that.
©Maurice Pullin
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©David Purchase
Dist:0.6km<br/>A stream flowing along this valley joins the River Cam a few hundred yards to the right.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>The Ring 'o Bells is round the corner. ""HINTON-BLEWETT, a parish in the hundred of Chewton, county Somerset, 8 miles N.E. of Wells, and 9 S. of Bristol. It contains the hamlet of South Widcombe. The village is small and wholly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £155. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bath and Wells, value £238. The church is dedicated to All Saints." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003 " The above was copied from: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/HintonBlewett/index.html
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>Found this fine specimen in Upper Road and was unable to resist it. The white version of the more common montana rubens, best for brightening up a dull corner or puts on a fine show in full sun.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>No doubt named after the sound of church bells from the church visible behind the pub.
©Dr Duncan Pepper

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