Unlike much of Britain the warm temperatures have missed those of us near the North Sea coast where the cloud and strong cold wind has kept us cool.  At midday in the garden it was 8.5C and only reached 10C when the sun appeared in the afternoon. When the sun has shone it can be very pleasant if one can find shelter from the wind and the lack of rain has made it easy to walk along dry tracks among fields and woods.  I had hoped to blip some butterflies or bees but saw only one bee so this violet has to suffice.