Church Hill

Wednesday 3rd April
The sun came out today so we decided to go for a walk across Therfield Heath to Church Hill to see if there are any Pasque Flowers out.  Because Easter was early this year and because of the cold, we didn't expect to see any.  But we sat down on top of the hill and looked around with binoculars, and spotted something purple.  On investigating, it was a lone Pasque Flower, fully open, as close to the ground as it could be, with no visible leaves.

We found 3 further flowers which were not open, so will come back next week when, hopefully, the weather will be warmer.  The walk back  was facing East, with the strong wind right in our faces - not nice!

On the golf course there was snow lurking in the sand bunkers and also in the corner of a tee-off spot where the wind has kept the temperature down at freezing.  We did see two Kestrels, but no Sky Larks today.