The woods, fields, hedgerows and verges in the valleys around Dartmoor were alive with wildflowers. Bluebells, Greater Stichwort and Red Campion were everywhere.
 Beautiful, but I particularly enjoyed seeing drifts of Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis). I have noticed them here and there in other parts of the country though never so many. The Cuckoo Flower is aptly named; the plant and the bird both announce the arrival of spring and I heard the call of the cuckoo throughout my five days at Heathercombe.