Unfortunately, a very large tree nearby didn’t survive yesterdays storm

A splendid walk at High Elms yesterday. Cold but clear, and plenty of colour from the remaining leaves on the trees.

Pondwood is part of the National Trust woodland at Petts Wood. There was a major clearance of sycamore trees during Autumn 2011, which left large areas of this wood clear.

This spring, these areas are full of bluebells and wild garlic – the latter I never remember seeing here in such large quantities.

Nice to see some water in the ponds again!

What a lovely sight; poppies everywhere. Shame I couldn’t get closer to take a better photo.

A new channel has been dug alongside the River Cray, just the other side of the river from the boating pond by Lower Road. It looks like part of a flood prevention scheme, though I’ve yet to find confirmation that this really is the case!

This is the “dam” that forces water along the new channel, though at that height, it’s not going to divert much water…

It’s always lovely to see the bluebells in the spring.