Rain Boosted

A day of rain has proved a fillip to some of the common wild flowers. They've relished the change after a long dry spell and are keen to show at their best.

The Cow Parsley is one of my favourites with its delicate flowers and leaves and its habit of lining paths and lanes with white. Lower down on Hathersage Road where the strimmers have kept off there are already white margins with Hawthorn and Rowan helping out above.

Buttercup is loving the wet. This perfect specimen reminds us that it is only its commonness that keeps it from being more valued.

While the flowers of Wood Sorrel are just clinging on past their peak time, the leaves are enjoying the rain.

But heavy raindrops don't suit all and the reaction of Dandelion is different.