Hillson’s House

Lovely splashy walk from Ivybridge to Stalldown Barrow this morning, but not much of a view through thick drizzle.

Sweet violets

Sweet violets make me happy. They look so delicate but flower so early, nestling under their leaves with an unmistakeable old-fashioned scent. There is a patch under the viaduct in Bittaford. The first cow parsley is flowering and the frilly hart’s tongue fern is still growing in the verge near Filham. Several other specimens were…