Springtime in Paradise

The last of March and the first of April.  It looks as if the woods might be more of an anemone wood than a bluebell wood.  Since finding the first wood anemone in early March until now, the woods have come alive with a carpet of green and white :

This picture was taken at the junction of Main Ride and Central ride, looking north.  There are even the occasional pink ones to be seen :

 

The bluebells are coming on and a few are in flower but the density at this stage doesn’t justify waxing lyrical.  Perhaps this is because it is so long since the wood was coppiced?

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