On our own again so we wandered to the Weir.
It was mild and dry, a good day to look for plants we know should be about.
It speeds the river up as it was intended to do for the industry that was in the valley - lots of people walked to work this way a hundred years ago, now we enjoy it for rambling.
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Wood Anemone on the path to Dry Bones.
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Quite a large patch.
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A lot of Lesser Celandine flowering now.
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Found the Lungwort
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It was and still is used as an herbal remedy, mainly for chesty coughs.
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Easy to identify with the white spotted leaves.
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Still not sure what is happening with Dry Bones Cottage, all sorts of rumours - it will have to be demolished completely, then maybe a rebuild?
Leaves of Hairless Lady's Mantle.
A very important and popular herb used as an astringent among other things.
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Very difficult to identify but this is magnified 10 times and shows the leaf teeth in-curving and pointed.
Marsh Marigold in bud.
Hogweed leaves.
Japanese Larch
Cowslip in bud.
WE found wood anemone in bud today. I think that lesser celandine is in my garden... I didn't know what it was. We also have lungwort but it is a garden plant. Also Lady's Mantle is for gardens, and I didn't know there were multiple kinds. Marsh Marigold here is just starting to come up, and we also call it Cowslip. Your cowslip looks like a primrose... yes? Don't know your Hogweed or Japanese Larch.
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