Blue

It was only the sky which was blue this morning.  Following such a long period of cold, wet and thoroughly unseasonal weather, it was so nice to be out and about for a walk today without jumpers, coats and gloves on. Our friend Jayne joined us too for our walk along the old colliery lines, to Mapperley village and back along Slack Lane.  Here, Malcolm was showing her out some local points of interest...

Through the woodland, the vivid blue of the Forget-me-not flowers shone in the shafts of sunlight filtering through the foliage.

 Always a favourite, Forget-me nots are delicate little flowers, but absolutely beautiful when seen close up.  Thankfully they are also quite common in these parts.