It seems emails don't work. The main path from the top access gate has been widened further, picture the carnage a ride on mower creates as it tears through brambles. I use another perimeter path through the trees that takes you to the same point, where they both enter the main Bluebell 'field'. The path widening has already chewed up many more but where two paths merged into one that takes you around this area (the unmaintained path on OS which is the remnant of an old farm track through a wooded area below) this is completely flattened. From the ridge, the miserable scene was absolutely heart breaking, the only thing left standing are the trees and most awkward bits of bramble.
As if to emphasise the point, some Bluebells are starting to flower in the more sheltered spots, the main 'field' is usually a couple of weeks behind. When I say field, it is actually a lumpy, bumpy, open area dotted with some trees, patches of bramble and the entire area becomes covered with ferns.
It looks suspiciously like a point scoring exercise between local councilors, polling day May 5th. It also explains the brand new bus shelters they are putting up to replace the perfectly good bus shelters we already have ..... after they were rapidly erected in similar circumstances some years ago.
), so I hope it stays. Around us, there has been a switch back to more field beans, which are traditional on some of our heavier soils - can be useful nectar source but not as supercharged as OSR
