North Somerset

Dundry Down 233m. & Black Down 325m. North Somerset , Section 41

5th August 2000
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Black Down and the Mendips from Redhill (near Bristol)

Looking the other way. Dundry Hill across Blagdon Water as seen from Black Down.

Once our farmyard looked a bit like this..... The scrapyard summit of Dundry Down.

Beyond, sprawls the city of Bristol.

The fine church tower of Dundry can be seen over the cowhouse.

On the Mendips...... Black Down from the lead workings at Charterhouse (On National Cycle Route 3)

This is limestone

The summit tumulus. The highest point of the Mendips. The summit is known as Beacon Batch.

The westward road. Old red sandstone moorland , looking back towards the summit.

Maps: Dundry
& Black Down

Two contrasting easy hills in Somerset, linked by a bike run. Dundry Down stops the southward march of Bristol. Suburbs lap the northern slopes of the southern terminus of the Cotswolds.

The summit is a quarry/farmyard/scrapyard, but accessable by a public footpath, 100m from a road. I once failed on this hill. A cow had just calved on the path, and I just let her get on with cleaning up the calf. This ascent was more valid, a good climb up from the moors at sea-level.

Crossing Chew Valley and its reservoir brings us to the Mendips. A stiff climb with a pub at the top lead to easy peadaling along National Cycle route No. 3 . The summit of this limestone plateau is actualy old red sandstone, giving it a Quantock like feel, adjacent tocaves and karst of Burrington Coombe and Cheddar Gorge. Nearby Charterhouse is a caving centre amongst fertile pastures, but the summit is a good old fashioned acid heather moor.

In dry weather the summit tumulus is easily reached on a road bike.

Looking the other way. Dundry Hill across Blagdon Water as seen from Black Down.
Once our farmyard looked a bit like this..... The scrapyard summit of Dundry Down. Beyond, sprawls the city of Bristol. The fine church tower of Dundry can be seen over the cowhouse.
On the Mendips...... Black Down from the lead workings at Charterhouse (On National Cycle Route 3) This is limestone
The summit tumulus. The highest point of the Mendips. The summit is known as Beacon Batch.
The westward road. Old red sandstone moorland , looking back towards the summit.
	Maps: Dundry & Black Down
	Two contrasting easy hills in Somerset, linked by a bike run. Dundry Down stops the southward march of Bristol. Suburbs lap the northern slopes of the southern terminus of the Cotswolds. The summit is a quarry/farmyard/scrapyard, but accessable by a public footpath, 100m from a road. I once failed on this hill. A cow had just calved on the path, and I just let her get on with cleaning up the calf. This ascent was more valid, a good climb up from the moors at sea-level. Crossing Chew Valley and its reservoir brings us to the Mendips. A stiff climb with a pub at the top lead to easy peadaling along National Cycle route No. 3 . The summit of this limestone plateau is actualy old red sandstone, giving it a Quantock like feel, adjacent tocaves and karst of Burrington Coombe and Cheddar Gorge. Nearby Charterhouse is a caving centre amongst fertile pastures, but the summit is a good old fashioned acid heather moor. In dry weather the summit tumulus is easily reached on a road bike.