Field of Blue 2015

Since we first started doing a walk around Norsey Woods to see the bluebells in 2008 a lot has changed in the wood.  A lot has changed for us too, we have a dog to take with us now - a that reduces the time we spend looking at things - partly due to having to get him out of the water.  Even though it has been unseasonably warm and dry for the early party of April and is only now returning to seasonal temperatures the wood is still bursting into life.  The bluebells are almost over for another year, as I have noted in other posts early May is really a little late, late April is better.  It just shows what a fleeting pleasure walking through the woods at bluebell time really is.

These days we park in Norsey Road and walk down the long path to the marked route, turning right we usually go right round the circular path and back to the entrance.  This year we took a slightly different route and returned to Deer Bank, there was then a long walk up the road.  I would have preferred to be in the woods, but we had walked slowly and covered three miles, so there wasn't time for more exploring.

The bluebells seem darker this year, blue, going on purple, we speculate that this is due to the warm dry weather, but we are only guessing.
  Compare this clump:

with these from 2013

The rest of today's photos (only a few) are here: https://plus.google.com/photos/116754502311393769821/albums/6144371713232246385