May blossom on the Spring Bluebell Walk. The warm weather this Spring has meant that the Forest has burst into leaf earlier than normal. The bluebells popped up early and copious amounts of blossom cover the trees and shrubs.
The walkers visited Noxon Park and heard how the local poet F W Harvey described nearby Devil’s Chapel. Wild garlic was in flower in the scowle holes but the blossom in Little Drybrook was spectacular. The bluebells were still present on Bromley Hill where the walkers heard Keith Morgan’s poem Varest Ship and F W Harvey’s “In Wartime”.
A cricket game was in progress at Parkend on the village pitch that boasts a new obstacle in the form of a former mineshaft which opened up recently. The walkers speculated on how many runs would be scored if the ball entered the hole – which is securely fenced off but gives rise to a very unusual boundary. After a visit to Satan’s memorial and tea at CSMA, the walkers returned to Bream.