Todays foal was still very wobbly and we did not stay long.

Marsh marigolds growing in shatterford bog

Hawthorn Blossom


The little bridges that cross the swamp

A few Wild flowers today

Marsh Marigold

Bogbean

Common Crows Foot

From The High Corner Inn in search of bluebells

This Morning we went to High Corner Inn and walked down to Broomy Inclosure, to see if the bluebells were out. In parts of the forest they are flowering. However here they were few and far between, but there were lots of wood anenomes. These flowers close their petals at night and legend has it that this is because the faiies sleep wrapped up in them. We then left the Inclosure to walk along Dockens Water to Splash Bridge. It is only a couple of weeks since our last visit here , but it looked so different now the trees have their leaves. We found a few Marsh Marigolds growing in the stream.
Although it was a little damp and misty we decided to climb Hallickshole Hill, before making our way back to the car via Woodford Bottom. Half way up the hill the dogs disturbed a herd of fallow deer and they ran quite close to us , but somehow I managed to miss them in the photo! The Cuckoo was calling all the time and letting us know he was watching us!
We will be back in a couple of weeks to see if the Bluebells are out.

Splash bridge

Marsh marigold

Splash Bridge and Dockens water.

Strolling along Dockens water

The pretty wood anenome

Marsh Marigolds