Peter Gabriel was right… you can see the City light from Solsbury Hill, but having spent my youth exploring every inch of Bath I’ve become more interested in the views over the surrounding countryside from this beautiful 625ft vantage point.
With few visitors you usually share a walk here with calves and the ever present song of the Skylark.
It’s magic hour which is cinematography speak for the period of time before dusk when daylight softens and casts a reddish golden hue across the landscape
the ground is carpeted with bees, wild flowers and butterflies which are too busy to pose for my camera.
once tuned in I become aware of details that would otherwise be drowned out by distracting thoughts
a blanket of darkening clouds adds contrast to the warm light of the setting sun.
The former Genesis singer is said to have created his most famous song after a mystical experience here back in the 1970’s
there is something intangible, even magical about Solsbury Hill on a beautiful day like this…
…but you’re going to have to climb up here to find out for yourself!
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill (1977)
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