Another Bank holiday weekend and once again glorious weather, Friday i sat like most people I expect and watched the Royal Wedding on the tele,my main interest like most girlies I suspect was The Dress, which was very lovely, Kate looked gorgeous and Will looked so handsome, the bridesmaids were so cute, after all the pomp and ceremony and the "do" at Buckingham Palace, what a great idea of having them drive off in Charlies Aston Martin, with balloons and cans and stuff attached and just wed on the back number plates!!
Sunday was a lovely day out, we went to Wayland Woods, where apparently the Babes in the wood story originates from, and it is also listed in the Domesday Book.it is an Ancient Wood and you ll find Bird Cherry there, expanses of Bluebells, and early Purple Orchid, there are lots of lovely secluded little paths dottedwith the beautifull pink nodding heads of Water Avens, and the lovely Yellow Archangel, there were Butterflies everywhere, and we also kept a look out for Golden pheasant but were unlucky this time.Although it was very windy again we managed to find a sheltered spot and sat and had a picnic sitting amongst the wild flowers.
Nearby to Wayland wood a little way up the road is the famous Great Eastern Pingo Trail, no its not that funny little animated penguin, Pingu, although he is lovely, this is Pingo, or shallow circular pools formed about 9,ooo years ago during semi frozen conditions at the end of the last Ice Age, this reserve is called Thompson Common, there about 300 of these pools and they contain a huge variety of wildlife from Beetles to Dragonflies to Water plants, we came upon one Pingo which was a sea of lilac pink flowers it was full of Water violet. There is a waymarked walk which takes you along the Pingo trail it is an 8 mile circular walk, and leads you along lovely lanes and behind Thompson Water onto the Peddars way for a little way and back along a disused railway track, we are saving that walk for another time, looking forward to it.
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