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Tuesday 24th April -  Eleven of us today including Gareth our leader.  We had two Elizabeths, two Helens and two Caroles, well a Carole and a Carol, a Jacqueline, a Peter, a Mary and a Michael.

Spring is everywhere, the Park is really coming to life now, the trees are beautiful.

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In places the dandelions are like a yellow carpet.  We're past halfway now and on our way down to the Stone Bridge

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The bluebells have been out for some time now.  Our first and only rest today

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Nettles, Daisies, March Marigolds and Forget-me-nots, there are loads of Forget-me-nots on the reservoir dam.

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Fishermen were active around the lake, in the distance were the two Great Crested Grebes, first time I've seen them for a while.

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Goslings, the first ones I've seen on the lake

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The Mayflower, ? Wood-sorrel, and Lesser Eglantine

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This is the clump of early dandelions, the ones I photographed on a walk some time ago, now seeding.                        

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Today's walk, it took us just over an hour.