Showing posts with label Bluebells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bluebells. Show all posts

Monday, 9 May 2011

Blue in the woods

Unlike in other parts of the country, here in Teesdale we dont have many areas of woodland that at this time of the year have a great show of a carpet of Bluebells. Maybe the soil isn't quite right, maybe the altitude doesn't suit them or even perhaps they are here and I just don't know about them yet.
  Yesterday I was lucky enough to be invited out to a customers farm for a look at their Bluebell wood. The weather was just about perfect with bright sunshine filtering down through the trees. It was only a short visit and the flowers were just about at their peak so I was able to get a couple of good shots. I hope that I will be able to return there in the next day or two with the intention of capturing them at their very best.

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Spring Bluebells already?

 Just a short walk this morning with the dogs along the banks of the River Tees from Barney. Once again it was weather more akin to high Summer than an April day.Not only are the trees coming into lush green leaf but to my surprise I came across a bank of Bluebells almost in full flower. Combined with the bright yellow of nearby Gorse bloom it made a delightful sight.
Bluebells and Gorse
There are a couple of places here in Teesdale where the show of Bluebells is rather special and I have made a note to take a visit there in the next few weeks.