The 450-year-old Rock Inn - as mentioned in the neighbouring article - stands just a few feet from the young River Tone. Travel a few miles upstream, higher and deeper into the hills, and you will come to Clatworthy Reservoir, which is not only one of the oldest drinking water lakes in the region, but one of the prettiest. Two facts which perhaps go hand-in-hand. The building of a giant reservoir causes a major disruption to the ecology and environment, and it takes many year

Martin Hesp takes a quick stroll around his sunlit valley in the Brendon Hills.

Martin Hesp takes a walk around his own parish of Old Cleeve

Discover the fascinating industrial heritage of Roadwater Station and the West Somerset Mineral Railway. Follow the route where Brendon Hills iron ore was once transported down to Watchet harbour.