Bluebell time

 I feel like I've been waiting for weeks as friends further south post photos of 'their' bluebells - well now bluebell time has reached Derbyshire, specifically Bow Wood near Cromford.


We chose a slightly different walk this year - up the usual path with bluebells and stitchwort on either side..

 ..to that first glimpse of the open field full of masses of flowers...

..and onward and upward...

 ..with the hardest climb saved till last

then along the ridge..

 and down through beech woods

 looking down on the flowers we passed on the way up