Pauline
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Yesterday we drove up to Newent, less than an hour from us, up in the north-western corner of Gloucestershire on the border with Herefordshire. We wanted to see the wild daffodils. I researched this last week, and wrote a day trip for it. I updated the day trip info today with what we learned - Day Trip - Daffodil Golden Triangle.
We had a lovely day out. The weather was mild and sunny. Most people visit this area on the weekend, so it was just us and a lot of retirement-age Brits, out walking (we talked to many of them). People were prepared (as were we) wearing hiking boots because those trails were MUDDY! My hiking trousers were covered in mud from the knees down and my boots are sitting out in the garage waiting to be cleaned. Daffodils like to grow in wet woods and fields.
Usually mid-March is peak time for the Daffs, but we had a cold winter so they are delayed. Many were out but I could see it will be better in a couple more weeks (we may go back).
I wrote up all the best places to see them on the day trip. And I posted a lot of photos. I will include a few here - wild daffodils in the woods, a beautiful farm house on the lane, an interesting sign on a tree (look how they break up the words!).
We had a lovely day out. The weather was mild and sunny. Most people visit this area on the weekend, so it was just us and a lot of retirement-age Brits, out walking (we talked to many of them). People were prepared (as were we) wearing hiking boots because those trails were MUDDY! My hiking trousers were covered in mud from the knees down and my boots are sitting out in the garage waiting to be cleaned. Daffodils like to grow in wet woods and fields.
Usually mid-March is peak time for the Daffs, but we had a cold winter so they are delayed. Many were out but I could see it will be better in a couple more weeks (we may go back).
I wrote up all the best places to see them on the day trip. And I posted a lot of photos. I will include a few here - wild daffodils in the woods, a beautiful farm house on the lane, an interesting sign on a tree (look how they break up the words!).