South Cotswold Ramblers

After derogatory comments about the colour of my recent photos, I am very reluctant to be photographer on Kathy's evening walk - the first official evening walk of the year.

After a discussion with Mike during which I insist my camera is ALWAYS sent on Smart, thus absolving me of any decisions about the photos, we realise it is NOT SET on Smart, and this proves the point.

Tonight's walk is a Wild Flower Fest, starting with Wood Anenomes

Primroses and Bluebells

Banks of them

And a strong smell of wild garlic.

We walk through the woods

To a quarry

Then uphill into the sunshine

The only reminder of wetter times

It's an idyllic setting

And the noise of lambs is deafening

There are lots of them

We briefly re-enter the woods

And emerge on to a very well marked path through this farmer's field

Now there are cowslips

A stunning picture (even though I say so myself!)

Banks of them

And more primroses as well

Blossom in a nearby garden

This looks like the sign of a serious business

In this building???

As the evening ends, we reach Horsley church

Mike and I (two teachers!) discuss whether this would be a good example of Cloze Procedure, where children supply the missing letters. We decide it would get a good response from the pupils, but the parents???

On the way back to the car park the cats of Horsley come out

And there are a lot of them!