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Tulip, Bantock Park poolside

Tulip, Bantock Park poolside

Lone tulip which was growing in the enclosure by the pool at Bantock Park.

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Dandelion forest

Dandelion forest

Dandelions growing close together like a miniature forest in a front garden I noticed in passing.

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Ground ivy flowering

Ground ivy flowering

Ground ivy is not actually related to ivy. It’s a hedgerow plant with leaves supposedly a little like those of the climbing plant, though I don’t see much similarity.

Instead, it’s a dead nettle, a group of plants which aren’t actually nettles, but get their name because they look a bit like nettles. Are you confused enough yet?

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Hawthorn flowers and buds

Hawthorn flowers

Hawthorn flowers also known as may blossom, so the bushes should be covered with it about now.

Hawthorn flower buds

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River, millpond, mill: Rindleford

River, millpond, mill: Rindleford

View from a footbridge over the river Worfe (just visible in the foreground) towards an old mill and its millpond.

Rindleford is the last settlement on the Worfe before it joins the Severn near Bridgnorth. Originally a hamlet for millers and farmers: several of the buildings, constructed from stone quarried nearby, now seem to have undergone barn-conversion type transformation to up-market housing.

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Pink cherry blossom, Bantock

Pink cherry blossom, Bantock

Pink cherry blossom on a tree in Bantock Park, seen against a blue spring sky.

Pink cherry blossom, Bantock