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Few counties can boast such treasures... Glastonbury Tor, the wildlife havens of the Somerset Levels and Exmoor National Park and the more contemporary gems like the Glastonbury Music Festival and, of course, the Somerset cider farms.

From Exmoor to the Blackmoor Vale,  and from the coastline of Weston-super-Mare to the rolling terrain of the Blackdown Hills, Clinton Rogers and Mark Patterson staff the Taunton Bureau.

Clinton, the Chief Somerset Correspendent, has been a journalist since the age of 16 and chose the career because he likes talking (to anyone who will listen!)

Clinton reporting from Police HQ

He got into television after "more years than he cares to remember" working on radio and in newspapers.

For Clinton, the fun of the job is the unpredictability.

"One day you can be up to your knees in mud at Glastonbury, then the next day covering a royal visit or reporting from the Crown Court," says Clinton.

Among his hobbies is playing football - but only against other veterans - and playing the guitar (badly).

While more and more journalists are learning to use cameras, Mark Patterson is a cameraman who moved in the other direction.

Mark in a Somerset orchard

He still enjoys being behind the lens, but occasionally you'll find him in front of it bringing you the latest slice of Somerset life.

Mark was about to start studying art college when he decided TV might give him a better income and allow him to be artistic in his spare time.

Since the late 80s, he's worked as a cameraman for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV and even produced, directed and filmed his own children's thriller called Hide and Seek.

When Mark's not using his artistic flare at work he's being arty in his spare time too.