The warmth of the sun! Brightest day of the year so far; it seemed sensible to hop on the bus and have a pint at the Strathmore Arms in St. Paul's Walden. The local churchyard has a fine show of Cowslips (Primula veris) in the spring. I see they encourage this by having sheep chew the grass to a short sward over winter.

 Churchyards can be a good repository of wildflowers. Typically they are kept fairly tidy but not overly so and that mixture of maintenance and neglect suits certain species. Indeed there may be species that have declined in the surrounding area but find sanctuary in the grounds of the church.