With the forecast looking brighter for later in the day I headed up towards Upper Teesdale this afternoon to wander up over the hill Cronkley Fell. this location I visit on a regular basis but at this time of the year the fell is the ideal habitat for not only breeding birds such as Red Grouse, Golden Plover, Curlew etc but also it is the perfect situation for rare alpine flowers such as Spring Gentian and Birds Eye Primrose.
River Tees and Raven Scar.
Last year at about this time the flowers were in their prime and it made a delightful scene. However, this year the blooms were about three weeks early and by the time of this visit they were all but gone. thankfully my recent trip to Cow Green provided my fix of these elusive plants which are special to Teesdale.
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