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A lazy weekend mainly flopping around the house but I finally get out on Sunday afternoon for an hour's walk. The sunshine has been so consistent that I have no waterproof and so I am caught out by a cloudburst and have to shelter in the wood until the rain passes. This leads me to explore a hollow, dead tree which I have noticed before. It won't stand another year I estimate so I get pictures including an inside view (click on the pics to see the detail).
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Also in the woods the wild garlic (or ramsons) is now at its best. Easily found by smell (even from your car: just wind down the window and drive slowly through wooded areas) it makes great salad leaves, pesto, or flavouring for other sauces. Don't mistake it for lily of the valley - they do look similar but the smell is the definitive proof. Mrs Blog is even making a fiver a bag selling it to a local restaurant.
Meanwhile the bluebells aren't really out yet except at the margins - sheltered spots in the sun at the edge of the woods like this example snapped before the downpour...
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