Climbing

I could swear that the climb up the bridleway from Shorts Lane to Piper House has got steeper over the years? Or are there other factors involved? The path starts gently enough and even at its steepest it’s hardly mountainous but it's easy to underestimate.

While struggling you can see that casualties have recently fallen on the way. The result of recent weather?

April’s a good time to admire the spirit of climbers taking their chance to reach for the light before the canopy gets dense. Ivy is the evergreen champion but honeysuckle does its bit to drive forward the greening of the woods before the trees take over.

And the flowers still to come.