A carpet of snowdrops. Snowdrops as far as the eye can see. There’s always a wonderful show in Aden Park at this time of year.
Let’s dance along this snowdrop-lined path!
There’s snowdrops down by the river.
And underneath a log.
We walk past the old doctor’s lodge and see snowdrops in the sun.
Through the play park we go. There have been enormous improvements made here. I love the wooden cow.
Ooh, swan lake!
The Interpretation Hut
We come to the new ‘interpretation hut’ which is touted as being a place to view the lake in inclement weather. Its view of the lake is pretty much obscured by a new walkway, but the graffiti inside is impressive. I’m not being facetious. There are Shakespearean quotes, disparaging remarks about people that have been corrected to ‘is a person too’ and then commentary on the lack of otters. There’s an informational board in the hut promising otter sightings. (There is some swearing involved in the graffiti.)
So, no otters seen, we wander past the old twisted beech, only to find that some of it has fallen down. See it in its former glory here. I suspect and hope it will survive.
We finish our walk with one more peek at the carpet of snowdrops, and then it’s home for hot chocolate.
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Oh I love snowdrops!
Me too.
Somewhere there is Spring.
Yes 🙂
What a lovely place to walk! And spring is on the way, somewhere out there!
It is 🙂
So beautiful!
They are 🙂
The snowdrops are lovely, Ailish! Our ground is covered with snow right now, not snowdrops.
I hope you get a thaw soon!
So lovely to that Spring is on its way here, too, even if we can’t quite see it yet. Yours is beautiful! Amusing graffiti in the hut.
Yes, lovely spring…
I love snowdrops, Spring now on the way.
I love them too.
Beautiful!
🙂
Oh how I long to see the snowdrops! We still have several inches of snow on the ground so it will be awhile.
I hope you get to see them soon.
Snowdrops are the cutest flowers ever.
They are cute!
I do love snowdrops and usually go out searching for them this time of year. The graffiti gave me such a good laugh. That the person would come back and comment again on the lack of otters was particularly funny.
I loved the graffiti too 🙂