Shobrook Park, Devon

Hi Chip

A carpet of bluebells must be my most favourite woodland sight of all.

No sign of them here yet but I can't wait!!! My friend in Epsom takes me to a wonderful bluebell wood (somewhere) every time I'm staying at this time of year.

Your walk sounded very beautiful and enjoyable.

Pip xx

Hi kezsmum

How lovely to see bluebells so early. Lucky you. :-)

My friend has a farm and it includes a woodland area with plenty of bluebells, so I'm looking forward to seeing them this year.

A carpet of bluebells must be one of the the best sights there is, and I can't wait for them to flower here. They are up and showing promise, but no floweres yet. Lucky you Kezsmum to have seen them so early.

What a wonderful sight Kezsmum

I live right next to willenhall wood and am desperate to go out for a walk and see if the blue bells are out yet maybe i'll try a short walk at the weekend when Pete can accompany me ( bit worried to try on my own )

Haven't been out apart from hospital appts in the last three weeks feel like i'm missing out on spring  :-(

Really enjoying every one elses experiences though 

Thank you all

Kimbo

Although bluebells are lovely to see, I'm not too sure if it's lovely to see them this early... apparently, they are flowering a month earlier than it used to....

Darcy N said:

Although bluebells are lovely to see, I'm not too sure if it's lovely to see them this early... apparently, they are flowering a month earlier than it used to....

You're right, Tern, I would normally expect to do my bluebell viewing in May (always make a point of it), the ones in the woods here aren't flowering yet. It could be a sign of global warming, but also the very cold December, the 'mild' February and the dry March are sited as reasons but WHY we've had such unusual weather is another question. We do tend vary a bit from year to year in Britain but global warming may well be another thing to factor in - deep sigh! We humans have such a lot to answer for when it comes to this poor old planet, we can only hope that awareness helps us to adjust things enough so that the plants, creatures and young people of the future(not necessarily in that order) have a good quality of life:-) It is a worry though:-( Meanwhile, all I can do is enjoy the bluebells, be an environmentally friendly gardener and try to keep my carbon footprint to a bare minimum - all of which I try to do with varying degrees of success.

Well this is a blast from the past I must say ! I went to Shobrook Park once a year as a child when the cricket team Dad played for had a fixture against Shobrook. The Shobrook cricket pitch was in the grounds of Shobrook Park & the day always included a walk round the place with Mum. I must seek it out again & pay a visit with little madam.

Lovely to hear that you've seen bluebells already. I have some out in the garden & they've been around about a week...we've never planted them but they've always been here because we're next to a wood

clare b said:

Well this is a blast from the past I must say ! I went to Shobrook Park once a year as a child when the cricket team Dad played for had a fixture against Shobrook. The Shobrook cricket pitch was in the grounds of Shobrook Park & the day always included a walk round the place with Mum. I must seek it out again & pay a visit with little madam.

Lovely to hear that you've seen bluebells already. I have some out in the garden & they've been around about a week...we've never planted them but they've always been here because we're next to a wood

Yes. we have them in our garden but not in flower yet, budding up nicely though. Shobrook Park is lovely isn't it? If you decide to bring young madam let me know if you want to, we could meet up - if the mood takes you. If not, that's fine too:-) It's a nice cricket ground. Did your dad also play at Creedy Park? There's a cricket club there too.