Another week, another walk

[cmcmck]

We went for a walk into the Ercall Forest which is pretty much on our doorstep.

Things are greening up. A lot of the green here is wild garlic which you smell way before you see it!



A temporary pool. We've had so much rain this Winter!



While this one's permanent:



Wild garlic close up. When it flowers, this'll be a carpet of white blossoms:



Birch heading for mulchdome:



Such a huge crop of wild garlic! Usually when this does well, so do the bluebells which come next in succession, so watch this space!



And further in we went:



Found art!



And a wood dragon!



Lumpy stumpy!



And another wood creature:



This forest often reminds me of Mirkwood and here's why:



Ivy doing its thing!



This one will go in next Winter's storms, I suspect:



Sheeps! We've not seen a lamb with any flock this year. I think the farmers haven't put the rams in because times are hard.



More found art:



The streams are still full after the wet Winter:



Daffs! Wild ones!



This is lesser celandine which we see a lot of locally:



On the way home I noticed a miniature forest on top of a decorative ball on someone's wall!



And that was our walk.  :o)