Ingoldsby Church

As it was a glorious morning, Pete and I drove up to Ingoldsby to do some botanical recording in one of the tetrads with no post-2000 records. As usual, we started at the church where I was rather taken by this ornate Medieval door on the north side of the church. We examined the churchyard and then proceeded down the village street, where we were accosted by a lovely lady who told us she'd seen us looking and had unlocked the church so that we could have a look inside. 

After finishing one half of the village we took her up on the offer, and enjoyed the small but charming interior. I loved the main church door, which had some splendid Medieval ironwork, and was amused by the large number of carved graffiti in one of the limestone pillars, all dated 1705. Apparently there was a suggestion that the sermons might have been particularly boring that year!

Although the weather clouded over later in the afternoon, it felt properly spring-like. There were swathes of spring flowers on many of the verges, including snowdrops, winter aconites, early crocuses and a very large population of winter heliotrope, scenting the air with its vanilla sweetness.