Bluebell Woods at Nuffield Place

I know I keep posting photos of Bluebell woods  each year but that is because they simply take my breath away.  This year's find is this lovely wood next to Nuffield Place near Nettlebed, Oxfordshire. 

How to get there:  https://goo.gl/maps/7Gboe

While you are there be sure to visit Lord Nuffield's home (Lord Nuffield is William Morris who started the automobile industry in the U.K. and was a great philanthropist).  His home is a National Trust home and it is one of my favorites.  

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nuffield-place/visitor-information/

Another blog about these woods:  http://babyroutes.co.uk/easter-bluebells/

 The yellow in the background is a field of rapeseed -- another springtime scene that takes my breath away.

My exploring partners and dear friends:  Kathy, Kari, Katie, and me ... an honorary K for the day.

The BlueBell Wood by Felix Dennis

We walked within an ancient wood
Beside the Heart-of-England way
Where oak and beech and hazel stood,
Their leaves the pale shades of May.

By bole and bough, still black with rain,
The sunlight filtered where it would
Across a glowing, radiant stain—
We stood within a bluebell wood!

And stood and stood, both lost for words,
As all around the woodland rang
And echoed with the cries of birds
Who sang and sang and sang and sang…

My mind has marked that afternoon
To hoard against life’s stone and sling;
Should I go late, or I go soon,
The bluebells glow— the birds still sing.