Kielder Forest

I have been busy on my allotment extending my vegetable beds and planting my second early potatoes and onions. I have taken down the fence around my allotment so it now looks much bigger. On my walks with Candy along the river Eden I have seen a kingfisher and my first swallows. Spring is now here.

I had a trip to Kielder Forest. A view up and down the reservoir.

Tranquil

Looking up the lake

An alpine strawberry.

The tiny strawberries taste delicious

A moss carpet under trees.

An elfin wood

Frogspawn is in a clump, toad spawn is in a line.

Next stage tadpoles

Spring primroses.

Delicate shades

Look at this lichen it resembles paper.

Torn effect edges

Can you see the witch in the wood?

Hocus pocus

Can you see the crocodile?

Never smile at a crocodile

Tree flowers.

Delicate

The chestnut trees are just coming into leaf.

The chestnut candles are forming

Cherry blossom.

A froth of white

A sock bunny made for my granddaughter.

Hop

Do you like my fluffy tail?

Keider Kapers

Last Saturday we cycled along the east shore of Keilder Water beside the reservoir. Cycling is a good way to see the countryside. 
Fungus comes in many sizes. Enormous orange.

As big a a side plate

Medium cream.

Dinner for some animal

Tiny white.

Popping through the grass

Some of the forest trees appear to be 'rusty.' They also look as though they are studded.

They remind me of medieval doors

A collection of horsetails.

No horse in sight

Green moss on the forest floor.

Vivid green moss mixed with dead pine needles

Brackish water.

Inky chestnut brown

The lake had formed beaches.

Sand dunes

Sticky secretions trickle out onto the bank.

Metallic

A view across the lake.

Tranquil and peaceful

A trig point.

'x' marks the spot

A typical dry stone wall.

Lichen covered stone

There are various art sculptures along the route.

The Janus chairs rotate 360 degrees.

You push the chairs to rotate and the view changes from water to land

Tyne salmon cubes.

They move in the breeze

These remind you of fish scales

Fish eggs

A double layer of plastic

Fish skin reflects the view

The Silvas Capitalis,a giant forest head is very spectacular. It is made of small sections of wood. You can climb inside.

You enter through the mouth

A rear view of the skull

A view from the eye.

Eye spy