Warm evening sunshine on the landscape between Astley Abbotts and Colemore Green. The barley is coming along nicely, swaying in the breeze and catching the light

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A walk at the north end of the Mynd – out along the grassy ridge of Betchcott Hill, down Golden Valley (it was, too) to Darnford; back up the quiet road past Wildmoor Pool. It’s another clear blue sky day of warm sunshine and a pleasantly cool breeze – perfect!

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A cloudless sky – wonderful! With a pleasant cool breeze, it’s a perfect afternoon for wandering in these south Shropshire hills.

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Thursday afternoon: it’s very pleasant down by the brook. The wild garlic is pungent (it smells like we’re close to a restaurant!); there’s some sticky mud but we’re soon past it and back up to the fields. This one’s full of beans! Heading back via Stocking Lane, we pass fields full of sheep. It’s that kind of place.

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Waiting in for a parcel meant we had no alternative – but it turned out to be the best time of the day.

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Yesterday’s sunshine was a flash in the pan – it’s grey again this afternoon. We’re walking up to Plaish, taking the long route out and the short way back – down a steep lane lined with a variety of flora. Last Sunday we heard the year’s first cuckoo – today, there’s a curlew burbling away in the fields, the first we’ve heard in these parts this year.

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The skies are cloudless over Corvedale! Blue overhead, and bluebells in the verges; yellow fields of oilseed rape and buttercups too. A red kite too! A colourful day for quiet ways…

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Thursday evening 11 May: a friend’s comment on seeing one of these… Bright, clear and directional sunshine, through gaps in the clouds, after a day of hail storms. Later, the sun’s behind the clouds for a while, but there’s still some interest for the camera.

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We walked this way several weeks ago, when Bullhill Brook was flooded and we couldn’t get to the footbridge. Instead, we followed a most pleasant path through the fields behind Bull Farm. Today we’re following the same route – except that we’re not visiting the ford first… Yesterday was rainy, all day (hence the avoidance of the ford), and tomorrow’s forecast is similar – but today it’s warm, bright and sunny. No jackets or jumpers needed – and we heard our first cuckoo of the year. Despite the rain, truly it’s spring

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