It was lovely to see you capturing your delight in the display of bluebells as well as the beauty of the bluebells themselves. Good music choice as well. Thanks for a bluebellicious video!
Ah the beauty and vibrancy of those darling flowers. When dad died 3 years ago we sold the house and before it changed hands we all dug up his bluebell patch, and now we each have our own patch of dad’s favourite piece of England.
Gorgeous! I’d certainly risk death to visit them. Wish we had them here. Thanks for making this video, Richard, it goes some way to assuage my aching heart.
Britain apparently has 50% of the worlds population of Bluebells. Our lovely native bluebell has that delicate droop which is so appealing. Long may they continue.
When my parents were alive and I would visit them frequently in early spring from the U.S., travelling by train from either Gatwick or Victoria Station to Chichester, I would see wonderful woods carpeted with bluebells. Impossible to describe to those whom have never seen. You brought back such happy memories. Thanks Richard.
You are so fit Richard jumping about there in the woods. The Bluebell woods. Absolutely stunning. I must go and see if I can find some near me to just stand and stare. Thank you for a delightful morning to wake up to.
How peaceful and glorious are the bluebells? Nature always tames the raging heart, doesn't it? Beautifully shot and the accompanying music was spot on.
Hi Richard, such gorgeous surroundings there. Ahh the wonderful bluebells. They are certainly a vision of beauty aren’t they. One of Julia’s favs I imagine. Thank you for the video ❣️
Hello how are you I hope your doing good.another amizing story you have. It is a very wonderful and amizing nature. Your not tired walking i know your happy to walk and looking to a beautiful flower and the trees. Thank you mr Richard to share your adventure 🙏
Many thanks Richard, you are an inspiration. My wife and I went exploring today and found a “secret” wood and grassland. There is only a small length of wire fencing (no gate) visible from the road but we found a way in! Imagine the look of glee on our faces when we found some bluebells, ancient oaks and numerous birds and plants in our “secret garden”. It may not be very big but we feel that it “ours” and we are thrilled by our discovery!
I have a Bluebell wood near me now that it's drier underfoot I may well have a wander. Bluebells en masse are very pretty, they can be left to self-seed and spread all over the woodland floor. Beautiful, thanks for sharing.
Just wonderful Richard!!! A sea of lavender blue awash all over the forest floor! Loved all of the Primroses & other flowers you showed as well; but I have been waiting for so long to see this year's Bluebells! Was the air as perfumed as I imagined it would be?!😍💙🔔
Enjoying your videos out and about Richard! Living in Copenhagen, I am originally from Fontwell (unfortunately, too many houses being built..) and due to current restrictions haven't been able to experience the countryside I love since January 2020. Watching your videos are next best thing. Thanks for that!
Really, all of ours grow mostly under the tree & bushes of our shade garden. We do have a native wildflower in Oregon called Camas that looks similar to bluebells that grow more out on the prairies or open meadows. They are beautiful when all in bloom as it too looks like a sea of lavender blue.
The prairie bluebell of the SW is a different type of plant, it's in the family borage belongs to. The Virginia bluebell is related to the European bluebell and grows in woodland much like the European one does. Greetings from Western Australia - we have our own bluebells too!
@@andyjarman4958 I think the blue bells I used to have in my old garden were of the Virginia variety. They flowered in spring then turned brown during the summer.
I've never seen bluebells until watching this video. They are very beautiful , I can see why the country is so proud of them. Thanks for showing them Richard .
What a wonderful bluebells outing Richard, they always remind us of a little king Charles Collie cross puppy we had, the flowers were talker than him and he jumped through them like a dolphin, this was at Herstmonceux, near the brick ponds, which were dug out to make bricks to build the castle, also there is the interesting observatory near by, could be a a good place for a Bald Explorer Vid !! There are remnants of the billeting from RAF Wartlng chain home radar station in the woods too
Wonderful video! Your editing style is very pleasing. I like the effort you make to set up the shot, go back and then do that section again for the camera. Especially going over stiles multiple times haha
What a beautiful sight! Maybe I'll get to experience the bluebells one day too. We have a tree called the Dogwood that has either white or pink blooms during spring and it's gorgeous in spring. We don't have access to the countryside as you do, unfortunately.
Most of the world's bluebells are in Britain, so we are fortunate to have them as our native flower. They don't need help to propagate, just to be left and admired. A carpet of blue under the shade of trees, with their soft aroma is a delight. A variety from Spain has shown up in grass verges from garden planting, but are not a threat.
We shall have to get out and visit our favourite bluebell wood. We missed them last year. We have bluebells at the bottom of our garden, but since I cut a tree back they are no longer in the shade, and haven't come to anything so far this year.
Just got in myself and watching this whilst having my porridge. There are thousands of bluebells, Snowdrops, Daffodils and primroses out, it's beautiful. The trees are also coming into bud and some are blossoming, not good for my hayfever, hay ho. I'm not sure if i heard a Cuckoo, so tomorrow i'll go back and see if it's there if it is I'll try and capture it on camera and mic. Thanks Richard.
Such a fresh time of year. It's Autumn here in the southern forests of Western Australia. 12degrees minimum at night, dewy mornings, and 30degrees maximum during the cloudless days. The smell of distant bushfires taint the air.
Your are so lucky to live in warmer climes! I must go and check on the bluebells of Rannerdale Knotts, but it's be so cold here I doubt if they are out yet.
I bought my own copy of that book on fields you walked us through. Ever thought of dragging Julia out and seeing if you can date some hedgerows? Select 100 metres of hedge and count the number of plant species it contains. Now would be a good time to do it, the remnants of ancient contained in a hedgerow would be easier to spot because the bluebells and primroses would be visible. Each species = 100years.
Wow, good luck with that! Are you in the Great Southern? I drive down to Bailingup just to see the oak trees and horse chestnuts. There's a row of hazel trees near a Yoga retreat there, I'd like to see if it will grow truffles (already got a Labrador).
@@credenza1 blimey, pretty hot in summer then. Although there are a lot of oaks in Maylands. Try the arboretum in Bailingup, the horse chestnuts in the spring are great - but they are having trouble getting the dung beetles to gobble up the cow poo early in the year and you'd be wise to take a mossie net and hat! The Bailingup to Nannup road is my favourite stretch of road in all of WA.
Wow such a lovely video Richard. Lovely patches of bluebells that brighten up the woodland, really is a lovely flower, I do wonder why they are called bluebell though as they look a purple colour. I'd like to know all the flowers throughout the year aswell. I know January February time it's snowdrops and in March time it's daffodils April it's bluebells, do you know the other main flowers throughout the year ? Only because I'd like to photograph them all and make a collage throughout the year. Thanks Richard. :)
THE THRILL OF TRIVIALITY Far beyond the city sprawl the concrete motorways the business park, the traffic jam the sooty urban haze the rushing here, the charging there that rarely, if ever pays far from that new insanity the online gambling craze the hurly burly football match addictive drug malaise the helter skelter shopping trip the latest hackneyed phrase the newest must-have fancy phone the tendency to laze the senseless things that we devise which magnify our disarrays Unspoken of in pubs and clubs yet not a world away for those despairing minds inclined to interupt their day the bluebell woods of our fair land present this year's display. JB15
Richard my mobility is not good .I wondered if there is an easier way I could access the bluebells with less walking?I do drive so just the walking too far being the problem! !!!!
In case Richard doesn't see this !You can park in the Church car park, accessible from the village street. There's a path out of the car park in left corner ( going north) go up the path take first turn on the right and the bluebells ( and at the moment anemone, proimroses and celandines) are very plentiful up there both sides of the path
cher Richard , je vous prie de m'aider a trouver une ancienne amie , qui habitait 11 robins drive aldwick bognor regis , elle s'appelait Louise Emery naquit en 1963 , j'aimerai bien avoir des nouvelles sur elle , je serai très reconnaissant de votre aide thank you so much Messaoud Souadi Algeria .
