This year’s best bluebell walk was in Crab Wood, near Farleigh Mount in Hampshire.

A bit of a dull day and certainly not anyway near “golden hour”.

As seen through the glass.

What remains of the Levant and Batallack mines in Cornwall.

Obviously

A glorious day. Early April and early Easter holidays, so not too crowded.

After sunrise but before the coffee shops open.

But not the grand views. Especially true of the privy.

Beautiful branches before they are obscured by leaves.

As sculpture is a 3D thing, a picture of a piece of work wouldn’t do it justice.

So here instead are a few shots of Dame Barbara’s studio in St Ives.

Lanhydrock is a rather grand country house in the south west of England. And as with most National Trust properties, some of the best bits are “downstairs “.