It’s been a good year for snowdrops in Cumbria; these are in my back garden in Keswick, the area around the folly. The cold snap in January was early enough not to harm the buds, and this February hasn’t been so wet as to rot the bulbs.
A fine sight for me at the end of my ride on the big train up from Euston. You go back through the seasons as you go north and also as you go in to the Vale of Keswick: compare the display at St Andrew’s churchyard in central Penrith, where the “Urban heat-island” effect is also a warming factor.
