[davemac]

Today in Pictures. another of those moist moments.

1. Growing vertically, Fairy Foxglove(summer starwort) and Maidenhair Spleenwort (fern) on the wall that used to be the perimeter of the colliery.
2. As its wet and warm the smell is heady, its a sweet earthy perfumy smell. (hawthorn)
3. The invasion into the wild continues, one day these (Spanish Bluebells) will swamp out the native variety by cross pollinating with them and creating a new variety that will overgrow and drive them into small pockets.
4. I call this Fern on a rock.......because its a fern.........on a rock......actually its one of those random remains of the coal mine that was worked here.
5. Both slopes down to the stream are bathed in the blue with dashes of white from the Ramsons.
6. The other slope down to the stream.
7. Ramsons on the waters edge.
8. Looking back down the length of the site.
9. Here we have a shrub doing an impression of a motorbike........Broom...broom broom broom.
10. Here we are at that point where its hard to find a bit that is still dry, and keep my tackle dry.