Verges and Fringes

The track along the west side of Blacka has an attractively curving line of stone wall below which is a modest grassy fringe that gets to display common wild flowers in summer. They don't survive on the other side of the wall where cows graze. Dandelions grow there now and later there will be cow parsley, buttercups and others.

The puddle on the track is rarely dry and more often than not at least six times its present size.

Further along on the other side of the car park is the Hathersage Road. This too has grassy verges hosting a good variety of wild flowers that add some appeal assuming sheep have not escaped from the barren tedium of Houndkirk's inby land. This year, already, a conscientious, but ignorant, manager has sent someone along to mow the verge meaning no wild flowers. It looks neat and tidy of course.