As the title says, more photos from our walk on 11th April 2017. Enjoy
11th April 2017
Above: Alexanders flourish wherever the Romans set their kitchens! It’s the first of the umbellifers to flower (in acid yellow) Below: This (very pale) purple form primrose is a naturalised garden escapee. Wide patches give colour to the hedgerows
11th April 2017
If a village church is open, I always look in. Here I found the bell-ringers ropes
11th April 2017
11th April 2017
I knew these marsh marigolds as kingcups when I was a child. I love to see them, as here, reflected in the water
11th April 2017
11th April 2017
More reflections. Above, horsetails looking like candy canes. Below, sedge. Both the horsetail and sedge have so many species that I can’t be more specific
11th April 2017
Wild garlic is another plant with several species. But I’m fairly confident this one (below) is few-flowered garlic. I know of only a few places where it grows in Norfolk
11th April 2017
Speckled Wood. Always a delight to capture with the camera the early butterflies
11th April 2017
11th April 2017
Always happy to find this cuckooflower too. Very delicate colours. And below, the white form of bluebell, though I think these are not native, they look far too robust
11th April 2017
And finally, canola. Is it native? This one wasn’t, it was part of a field. Yet many of the brassica family are native to the Britain, so maybe.
11th April 2017
I do hope you’ve enjoyed
crispina kemp 
Ok. So what are those things that look kind of like a hangman’s noose? I am betting they are some kind of fishing or boating rig but would like to know for sure.
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Sorry for delay. I was walking the camera yesterday!
Those ropes are attached to the bells at the top of the tower, and the bell ringers pull them to ring the bells. It’s quite an art to make the various sized bells sound musical.
Think of Quasimodo (the bells, the bells, they made me deaf you know)
I live quite close to our parish church and they have a full set of bells. Bell ringing practice is Thursday evening, for 2 hours. Then there are the weddings when the bells are rung, and other special occasions. Can be quite noisy living here!
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Beautiful pictures Crispina. Thanks for taking us along
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Always my pleasure. It was a walk I thoroughly enjoyed
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