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Droughduil (Artificial Mound) by spencer May 4th 2019...Droughduil Mound covered in bluebells. As, it seems, is the rest of Galloway. Wonderful.
spencer Image Credit: Mike Purslow
Posted by spencer
6th May 2019ce
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Mike, stealing Silbury Hill and then hiding it in a wood in Galloway, brilliant idea. Send this photo down to the Avebury folk with a ransom demand - there's money to be made here if they want it back! thelonious Posted by thelonious
6th May 2019ce
: D Nah..Galloway deserves it more. .and there's two more of these beasts in the Torrs Warren woods that look identical but not ID'd as mounds as this was only recently. Just wait till you see my other pix from my foray...just home, viral and pooped. But fulfilled. spencer Posted by spencer
6th May 2019ce
Anyway, Silbury doesn't turn blue, just stays boring green...dull, dull, deeply dull... ; ) spencer Posted by spencer
7th May 2019ce
What's VERY clear is that some kind soul has taken action to clear bracken from it since your last visit - hence the bluebell explosion!
But you're right, it is an extraordinary season for bluebells this year up here in Galloway (and hopefully, elsewhere too!)
Posted by tomatoman
7th May 2019ce
Got to admit I was totally enraptured. . seemed to be I'd hit THE perfect week for them...and when mingled with the flowers and heady scent of the whins, the fresh greenery and birdsong in mating season: sensory overload. Pix up when I sort out cantankerous phone. Maybe even fieldnotes (!) spencer Posted by spencer
7th May 2019ce
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