back to the wet

...with apologies, and purloining a fellow blipper's acronym, today's is a BDB (busy day blip).

After having to waste most of the day waiting for a delivery, any opportunity for an afternoon or evening walk evaporated when the cloud descended into a mixture of mist and drizzle. Fortunately, I had to pop out for some groceries while it was still bright this morning and I knew exactly where to go for a quick blip. The carpets of sundew that line the wetland heaths have erupted into a dazzling display of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. This beautiful plant is poisonous to sheep and cattle, and is not actually related to real Asphodel. Shetland islanders used to use the fruit as a substitute for saffron...