Mouse have! It was one of the many beautiful churches Mouse visited on her #ScamperDownTheAxe. It was a very lovely visit too #HolyCrossMark🐭

You'll find plenty of examples of Somerset towers on Mouse's #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast and #ScamperDownTheAxe. The church of #StPeterPortishead being one very fine example🐭

Of the churches on the #ScamperDownTheAxe eight out of sixteen are predominantly now Perpendicular in style. The aisled churches share a signature style of C15 arcade arch using piers with variants of four fused shafts like here at #StJamesWinscombe #Somerset #StonemasonryMonday

The #ScamperDownTheAxe. 16 churches, just 28 miles over 16 weeks. And here they are: #ChurchesOfTheAxe (4 of 4) #StJohnBiddisham #StMaryChriston #StAndrewLoxton #StPeterBleadon

The #ScamperDownTheAxe. 16 churches, just 28 miles over 16 weeks. And here they are: #ChurchesOfTheAxe (3 of 4) #StGregoryWeare #StJohnAxbridge #StJamesWinscombe #StAndrewComptonBishop

The #ScamperDownTheAxe. 16 churches, just 28 miles over 16 weeks. And here they are: #ChurchesOfTheAxe (2 of 4) #HolyCrossMark #StMaryWedmore Chapel Allerton #AllertonChurch #StCongarBadgworth

And so the #ScamperDownTheAxe comes to an end. A total of 16 churches spread across 28 miles over 16 weeks. And here they are: #ChurchesOfTheAxe (1 of 4) #StMatthewWookey #StLawrenceWestbury #StLeonardRodneyStoke #StAndrewCheddar

As sure as #FontsMeanFarewell, Mouse move on, although the church of #StPeterBleadon #Somerset is sadly the last of the #ScamperDownTheAxe. In the distance the river Axe meets the sea and Mouse is back on #BreanDown again as she was around this time last year... #TheAxeMeetsTheSea Part 1 of 2

As sure as #FontsMeanFarewell Mouse move on and today is a big day as it's the last church on the #ScamperDownTheAxe. Mouse find herself in the village of Bleadon on the outskirts of Weston-super-Mare in #Somerset and a church seemingly tangled in scaffolding and telephone wires

At the end of a little leafy footpath a very first glimpse of the next destination on the #ScamperDownTheAxe, the church of St. Andrew in Loxton Somerset. C10 origins, but none of that remains, this is a C13 to C15 church with early C20 restoration #StAndrewLoxton #Somerset

As sure as #FontsMeanFarewell, Mouse move on. As it happens on the penultimate step of the #ScamperDownTheAxe. Mouse love it when a church is down a leafy path... who's excited?

Welcome to the church of St. Mary in Christon, Somerset. The next leg of the #ScamperDownTheAxe. You would be right to have a sense of anticipation just looking at this northern side. This, Ladles and Jellyspoons is something just a little bit special #StMaryChriston #Somerset

Crepuscular greetings one and all! As #FontsMeanFarewell Mouse on the next leg of the #ScamperDownTheAxe. This cheeky peek of the next church tells a few stories by the looks of it. Mouse got a good feeling about this one

Signature view from Mouse's #ScamperDownTheAxe; arch framing window and memorials. Most of the aisled Axe churches have these tall slender arches with piers of four clustered shafts though capitals and moulding vary. #StJamesWinscombe #Somerset #StonemasonryMonday #MemorialMonday

Sure as #FontsMeanFarewell the #ScamperDowntheAxe continues with a slight detour north because Mouse heard tell of something a bit special. Welcome to the church of St. James the Great, Winscombe in Somerset #StJamesWinscombe #Somerset #SteepleSaturday

Welcome to the church of St. Andrew on this unseasonally chilly day. Another tidy little church on this the #ScamperDownTheAxe. Tower, nave, cancel and north aisle. (Probably) first built C13 with C15 rebuilding and a C19 makeover (brace yourself) #StAndrewComptonBishop #Somerset

Of course #FontsMeanFarewell and so Mouse moves on to the next church on what's turning out to be a very exciting #ScamperDownTheAxe. And here Mouse finds herself in the village of Compton Bishop and this charming little church

Early C17 as are many of the pulpits Mouse encountered so far on this #ScamperDownTheAxe. Quite finely carved this one and bearing the tell-tale semi-circular arches on carved piers in the upper panels #SundaySermons #StJohnBiddisham #Somerset

As sure as #FontsMeanFarewell Mouse move on... We've done a round trip up to now either side of the River Axe but now it's a case of church to church in pursuit of the sea. Welcome to the church of St. John the Baptist in Biddisham #StJohnBiddisham #Somerset #ScamperDownTheAxe

And so the #ScamperDownTheAxe continues. Welcome to the church of St. John the Baptist in Axbridge, Somerset. Pure C15 loveliness. So much to explore this week but for now, just drink in that Perpendicular perfection #StJohnAxbridge #Somerset

And as sure as #FontsMeanFarewell, Mouse move on. After a lovely week in the fine county of #Derbyshire it's back to #Somerset for the next leg of the #ScamperDownTheAxe and Mouse find herself in a place of historical significance and with a great looking church

As sure as #FontsMeanFarewell Mouse move on and a little break from the #ScamperDownTheAxe. What does Mouse do on her holidays? Visits churches and country houses of course! Mouse see her next destination hooving into view. Lordy. That looks like a big walk for a mus

As sure as #FontsMeanFarewell Mouse move on. On to the next church on this #ScamperDownTheAxe. Welcome to the church of St. Gregory in the Thankful Village of Weare in Somerset. A small church with a big, big tower #StGregoryWeare #Somerset

Welcome to the church of #StCongarBadgworth #Somerset. At first glance alone this church looks like it has some treats afoot. What stands on this spot dates to C14 with some C16 additions and an early C20 renovation #ScamperDownTheAxe

And as sure as #FontsMeanFarewell Mouse move on further down this side of the River Axe in Somerset. The next leg on this #ScamperDownTheAxe takes Mouse to the delightfully dedicated St. Congar in Badgworth. This looks like a nice church to explore... for sure #StCongarBadgworth

If Mouse honest, and Mouse always is, she saw rebuilt 1859 and saw how small this church is and wondered whether it was worth a week here. Then Mouse saw the square windows and thought let's give it a punt. Let's pop in for a poke #AllertonChurch #Somerset #ScamperDownTheAxe

As sure as #FontsMeanFarewell Mouse move on. The #ScamperDownTheAxe takes us to Chapel Allerton in Somerset and the seemingly undedicated 'Parish Church'. The Listing describes it as 'rebuilt' in 1859 so how much of the C13 church remains has to be seen #AllertonChurch #Somerset

Welcome to the Church of the Holy Cross, Mark in Somerset on the next leg of the #ScamperDownTheAxe. Another fine study in Perpyness and some interested followers of Mouse may see here some repeating architectural motifs in the churches of this scamper #HolyCrossMark #Somerset

Welcome to the Church of St. Mary in Wedmore #Somerset the next leg of the #ScamperDownTheAxe. Seen from the east. It's an essentially C15 cruciform church, Mouse's favourite type, and so the core is crossing tower, nave, chancel and north and south transepts #StMaryWedmore (1/2)

Church number four on the #ScamperDownTheAxe for Mouse. Welcome to the church of St. Andrew in Cheddar. One of those centre of town churches where every photo is blighted by wires and road signs. Nonetheless it's a striking building #StAndrewCheddar #Somerset