Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Tag: flowers

  • Elder Flowers

    Elder Flowers

    How wonderful to be with a DofE group today who were keen to understand and try out out edible wild plants. The small delicate flowers of the Elder were boiled up with sugar and a lemon flavoured drink powder (they didnā€™t have an orange or lemon). The elder flower water tasted good and hopefully will…

  • May Blossom

    May Blossom

    In Nottingham in the early 60s I remember me mam saying “naerĀ cast a clout till May isĀ out” to me when I tried to go out in the Spring without my duffle coat or string vest. I thought, and I think me mam thought too, that “may” referred to the month of May but it really…