On a most unpromising day, four walkers drove to Sand Point, a peninsular owned by the National Trust just north of Weston-super–Mare.

The Point is a grassy limestone extension of the Mendip Hills that stretches out into the Bristol Channel. We climbed the many steps to top of the Point and walked east along a good path towards St Thomas’s Head, passing ancient field systems and stone walls built by prisoners captured during the Napoleonic Wars.

The views are panoramic and were so even on this wet and windy day. We returned back along the spine of the Point, walking as far as the trig pillar at the west end of the peninsular. Towards the end of the walk the weather brightened a little.

We then drove to the charming Sand Bay Tea Rooms for a most welcome lunch.

Report and photos by Ross Janes