Calke snowdrops

 

A couple of days of sunshine tempted me out and about at last - over the hills to Calke.

Spring flowers were appearing everywhere - snowdrops along the slopes below the walled garden, and besides the path to the church, witch hazel and primroses among the trees, patches of crocus and daffodils in the gardens, and, my favourite, daffodils beginning to flower in the orchard.

After so much rain a bright, warm afternoon was glorious - and hopefully a promise of more to come.