The Daffodils of Kempley

Posted on 31 Mar, 2009 40 comments

Just over the Herefordshire border in Gloucestershire, there is a collection of pretty villages set in gentle, pasteral countryside. They have nice names like Kempley and Dymock and Oxenhall. And if you go walking thereabouts, with a friend or lonely as a cloud, you may at once come upon a rather splended crowd…....

A host, of golden daffodils;

For in the Golden Triangle that lies between these pretty villages, there is something quite special to see at this time of year.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

I gazed and gazed, but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

They are, of course, our very own little native daffodils, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, growing wild and free in the meadows and woods. Most of these pictures were taken in Betty Dawes Wood, which is a Gloucestershire Nature Trust managed site.

Shall we go for another stroll through the daffs before we go home?

Comments

Terratoonie

Sid, this is a wonderful blog.
Informative, and with fantastic photos, matching the lines of poetry so well.
Thank you. :o) xxx

31 Mar, 2009

Olblueyes

Thanks for taking us all for a walk in the daffs Sid, great to be out in the sunshine!

31 Mar, 2009

Pottygardener

Thank you Sid, what an amazing number of daffs, lovely.

31 Mar, 2009

Janey

Oh I loved the blog Sid....and the poems, sorry I used your host of golden daffodils on a comment! Such a wonderful place to visit..and so uplifting..lucky you living so near!

31 Mar, 2009

Lincslass

Thanks Sid that was very enjoyable..........

31 Mar, 2009

Wagger

How absolutely wonderful, Words - I mean Sid. Really enjoyed being out on that walk with you.

1 Apr, 2009

Spritzhenry

Thanks, Sid - a lovely blog.

1 Apr, 2009

Regina

WOW.....You would never see anything like that in New Jersey. How beautiful.

1 Apr, 2009

Lujean

Thank you so much for letting us go on this walk with you it was beautiful have a fun day Happy Aprils FOOLS Thanks again.

1 Apr, 2009

Bonkersbon

Truly lovely blog Sid - beautifully captured and poetically described . Well done you .

1 Apr, 2009

Sid

Thank you all for the lovely comments. I'm sure I don't have to mention that the words are those of William Wordsworth - not mine LOL

Janey - oh no need to apologise! x Yes, I do think I'm very lucky to live near to such natural beauty. I'm lucky enough to have visited some really beautiful places in the world, but, really, can anything really beat the simple beauty of a daffodil or bluebell carpeted British woodland in springtime...?

1 Apr, 2009

Gee19

Beautiful photos, Sid. Wordworth would be proud to be associated with them - enhanced his words wonderfully. Great blog.

1 Apr, 2009

Blodyn

Wonderfull :o)
Wonderfull

2 Apr, 2009

Sid

Thank you Gee :-)

Thank you, thank you Hywell ;-)

2 Apr, 2009

Janey

Totally agree Sid.......Oh to be in England, now that April's here! Can't remember whose line that was LOL! Ah...should know...Robert Brownings Home thoughts from Abroad........:o)

2 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

wow what a brilliant place im not even a flower persen but i know beauty when i see it .stunning

2 Apr, 2009

Sid

Thanks NP - it's a very special place :-)

3 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

isnt it lovley fairy tail springs to mind

3 Apr, 2009

Paulthegard..

What a lovely blog!

17 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

yes very

17 Apr, 2009

Sid

Thanks Paul and NP (Spider Man) :-)

20 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

very good i fea feal your taking the p$%"s lol my spidy senses tell me sid

22 Apr, 2009

Sid

No, not at all. You know how I feel about spiders! lol

22 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

im not realy spiderman lol im the incredible hulk lol on my of days lol

22 Apr, 2009

Sid

What, all green and ripped shirt and stretchy trousers that miraculously never get ripped? x-)

23 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

ow there stretch jeans from the 80`s .it was embarraising before then as you can imagine.luckily though the elastic in my long johns was pretty good back in the day.trouble now is when i turn back to a human i cant find my walking stick lol.

23 Apr, 2009

Sid

Thank goodness for 80's stretchy jeans x-D

You know, my mother has that very same problem with her walking stick.......

23 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

does she turn green then lol ?

23 Apr, 2009

Sid

She's a bit of a hypochondriac lol She's also getting more and more bad tempered with age. She will storm up town in her usual bad mood and suddenly remember she's come out without her walking stick! I do hope I don't get like that LOL

24 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

how can you forget something you need lol

24 Apr, 2009

Sid

I don't know NP. Good job her head is screwed on is all I can say........

26 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

why does she bounce home on that when she forgets lol

26 Apr, 2009

Sid

No she takes the bus, except she has normally forgotten her bus pass......

27 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

actualy sid ive got a brain like a sieve.my head seams to always be full and under pressure from thinking but maybe it always will be lol

27 Apr, 2009

Sid

Know what you mean. I have to be selective about what I learn these days coz everytime my brains absorbs something new, something else gets pushed out lol

28 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

me to especialy if the misses is nagging lol.i guess ya brains like a book.once its full its full.i selective remember asswell lol

28 Apr, 2009

Sid

yes, selective hearing / selective remembering - all very important survival skills lol

28 Apr, 2009

Noseypotter

they go hand in hand dont they sid lol

29 Apr, 2009

Sid

Certainly do. Brain's like a seive anyway.......