This is a view on my walk along the top of Burrington Combe, in the Mendips Hills in Somerset.
Burrington Combe is famous because of the hymn 'Rock of Ages' written by the Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady in 1763.
Traditionally, it is held that Toplady drew his inspiration from an incident in the gorge.
Toplady, a preacher in the nearby village of Blagdon, was travelling along the gorge when he was caught in a storm. Finding shelter in a gap in the gorge, he was struck by the title and scribbled down the initial lyrics.
