Cowslips

An after work chilly cycle ride. I keep passing these cowslips in the car and so decided to go and pay them a visit this evening. A really nice example of roadside planting by the dual carriageway.

It reminded me of Dorothy Wordsworth’s journal entry about going to visit the white foxglove on 27th July, 1800…

“After tea we rowed down to Loughrigg Fell, visited the white foxglove, gathered wild strawberries, & walked up to view Rydale we lay a long time looking at the lake, the shores all embrowned with the scorching sun.”