A Walk in Bute Park
Yesterday evening as I walked home through Bute Park I thought I’d take a few pictures with my phone to remind myself at a future date what beautiful weather we’re having and how splendid the trees and flowers are looking. It’s great to see so many people enjoying this beautiful park these days; fortunately the Council seems to have suspended the regular traffic of heavy vehicles along the paths, at least for the time being.
Unfortunately at around the time I took these pictures, something much less pleasant was happening a few hundred yards away near Cardiff Station. I’ve no idea what went on, but thankfully it looks like nobody received life-threatening injuries…
Anyway, neither Cherry nor May Blossom lasts very long – the Magnolias are already dropping their flowers – so let’s make the most of them while we can!
Cardiff Castle behind the trees
Even the Weeping Willow looks happy...although it's a bit of a concern that the water level in the Taff is so low...
Now here’s a question. Is it just me, or is the May Blossom appearing earlier nowadays than it used to? It’s definitely out now and it’s not even April yet…
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March 28, 2012 at 4:19 pm
I’m surprised that the water level in the Taf is that low. I had thought that the Cardiff Bay Barrage would have kept the level constant and much higher than that. The river was tidal in Bute Park south of Blackweir before the barrage was constructed, so scenes like that in the picture are familiar to me, but I would have expected things to be different today.
March 28, 2012 at 5:11 pm
Beaut Park!
I’m not convinced that things are getting warmer, but they are certainly getting dryer.
May 17, 2012 at 11:50 am
Ha Ha! Anton obviously wrote this before the deluge – but I suppose you mean generally. And Peter – are you sure you were seeing May blossom and not the blossom of the Blackthorn, sometimes called the Goddess tree. The blossom appears before the leaves and was in abundance this year, whereas the May blossom comes into leaf first followed by the blossom. But I agree everything from plants to trees have been particularly early this year. Nature has been completely confused.
May 17, 2012 at 12:26 pm
You may be right about the trees being Blackthorn, as some time later I saw some clearly identifiable May Blossom.
May 17, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Right! I wrote my first blog after reading yours about Benwell – I was glad I found it purely by accident and was inspired to follow it with ‘more about Benwell’. I felt quite nostalgic when I saw the yellow trolley (No. 33) which I used regularly till I left Newcastle and went out into the world.