A Country Walk

When we stay at my husband's brothers house, he and his family usually take us somewhere in Buckinghamshire or Bedfordshire for a walk. This year they took us to College Lake.

College Lake is a nature reserve near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It occupies the site of a former chalk quarry. We had a lovely walk around the lake, apart from being plagued by flies on one side of it.

College Lake has parking, a shop, a cafe and clean toilets.

All around the lake and even around the car park was covered in tiny yellow cowslips when we visited.

cowslips.

Ready to set off.

College Lake.

College Lake.

Black sheep, College Lake.

Primroses by the lake.

On the way back to my brother-in -law's house we drove through Dockey Wood, Ashridge, Hertfordshire. These woods are carpeted with bluebells every April and May. We did not go for a walk here. We just drove through and stopped briefly to take photos.

The bluebell woods.

The bluebell woods.