Velvet Bottom & Long Wood Walk, Parts XIII, XIV, XV,'Revisit July 'The Bluebells and White Garlic Va
Channel: semw52
Date: 20/07/2018

In May when I visited Long Wood it was  magnificent and covered with blankets of Bluebells & White Wild Garlic flowers-----I was intoxicated by the beauty but aware that  there is only a narrow window of time to witness this display here.On this visit at the start of July all is lush green and still peaceful and beautiful but no colour--the garlic looks like it was hit by a massive flood  because all the remains are totally flattened , brown and yellow, totally limp and look dead---also the hot weather has affected the natural stream which is now just a trickle and can hardly be heard and totally dried up in places--such a contrast to 2 months earlier---Long Wood is still magical and mystical with  lush green vegetation , a variety of lichens and fungi on display---but so quiet, still except for the buss of the gnats and midges that  see me as dinner---beneath my feet I am aware of the large caverns and caves that form a Labyrinth below the ground with cavers access only via locked and chained pot hole entrances.