We popped to a great nursery in Durley for some bedding plants for the garden this morning then did a couple of geocaches on the way home. The polytunnels were a riot of colour and smells - delicious.
In one of the polytunnels.
Lots of pansy faces.
Amongst the bluebells - obviously not in polytunnels now!
We then drove a couple of miles to Lower Upham and on one particularly narrow no through road we came across a deer standing in the middle of the lane - I think it was as surprised to see us as we were to see it. Alongside a footpath I found swathes of bluebells and I think they must be at their best at the moment. The display was very blue, in fact the photo doesn't do the blue justice. We successfully found the geocache then moved on up the road for the next one, where the nettles were in flower - we have heard that when the nettles are in flower they don't sting but I am not prepared to test that theory out!
Flowering nettles.
We came across a field of very different looking sheep, which we looked up when we got home and we think they are Clun Forest sheep. Apparently the Clun Forest breed originated in the hilly areas of south-west Shropshire on the Welsh borders and took it's name from the ancient market town of Clun.
This isn't a very good photo as the sheep were quite a distance away and I had to zoom in quite a lot - that's my excuse anyway and I'm sticking to it!
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