learning to fly fish

The Tamar Valley Tourist Association (Tavata) met at the Arundel Arms (link) for a talk by Mr Fox Edwards, followed by some tuition on the gentle art of fly fishing and a cream tea by Tinhay lake (full of recalcitrant brown trout). Quintessential England. Spot doesn't usually do advertising but the Arundel Arms really is something special.

Spring frost

 

blackthorn  buds covering the hedges like a layer of frost, and it is out in the sunnier spots

it is reminiscent of the haw frosts in December last year (qv)

still sleeping

 

one of last year's caterpillars still hibernating found amongst grass and ivy twigs. Despite its distinctive appearance I can't pin down which moth/butterfly species it belongs to.

periwinkles and more

 

periwinkle growing in a hedgerow near Lidwell 

 a lovely lemony tulip marking the site of the remains of one of our deceased dogs

 some common field speedwell making its first appearance of the year

more tales from the river bank

 

wood anemones are coming into flower

more Spring favourites

 

the rae and exotic purple toothwort, spreading like wildfire in a wood near you