We’re walking past Hurst Farm pools, then across the field to Shore Pool, where there are bluebells in the woods. The estate road takes us up past the house at Aldenham Park, and soon after, we’ve closed the circle and are heading back past the pools towards the car. We were here just two months ago – what a change! The bare fields are now green – and yellow; the trees are in leaf, and it’s good to be somewhere different. It almost feels like being on holiday, just four miles from home…

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