To-day we decided to walk through the woods - as the bluebells are out
This is a delightful local walk up through the woods - with the river running on one side
However - guess what - It rained!
So the bluebells were quite closed up, and the woods were rather dark.
The scent from the bluebells was amazing
And the sight of all the bluebells en mass is truly enchanting - there is no way my photos do it justice, and I would like to try and get there sometime over the next few days armed with a tripod, as well as camera to try and capture the amazing quality of these bluebell woods
Which have to be seen to be believed
Despite the rain - we had a good walk, albeit somewhat shorter than normal.
I love the way true English (or Welsh!) bluebells seem to colour the very air around them.
Thanks for your kind words over at my place today
Enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday…
At least the trees gave us some shelter from the rain. If we had gone on last weeks walk, we would have been drowned rats by the end! Sorry my shoulders didn’t make a better tripod. Hope the sun shines so that you can capture the true beauty of these woods. I look forward to the post.
Who’s that bald headed bloke with dobby. Tell she needs to watch out, talking to strangers like that, she might get stalked. Snowdrop was worried!!
Bluebells look good though.
Hi Karen, How I wish I could see those bluebells in person. It is a dream of mine to someday witness that sight. I didn’t realize they were fragrant also. I ordered fifty of the non scriptas last fall. They are blooming now here also. Hope our summers are not too hot for them to return next year. We could use some of your rain!
Frances at Faire Garden
I, too, would love to see these gorgeous flowers in person — fields of them, as I have so often seen in photos. Sounds like a lovely walk.
lovely photographs, I always remember a walk in a bluebell wood a few years ago, and the scent in the woods was quite beautiful.
Someday I will visit England & walk in a Bluebell wood. Someday…
I’m walking with you in spirit Karen. There’s nothing quite so glorious as a bluebell wood.
Thank you all for stopping by.
VP - You have hit the nail on the head - the woods do seem to shimmer with a blue haze everywhere.
Dobby and P - Thanks for your company on the walk.
Frances - Bluebells do have that kind of wafty scent, you almost cannot smell it when you put your nose to one - but then you catch it on the breeze - lovely
Nancy I wish I could parcel up a little bluebell wood and send it to you!
Jamjar - Thanks for dropping by - glad the post reminded you of your bluebell wood walk.
Mr. McGregor’s Daughter - I hope your “someday” is not too long away.
Threadspider - Lovely to have you walking with me in Spirit
(I thought you had headed South?)