Ettrick Marshes

Let it not be said that we are fair weather cachers. We proved our resilience earlier this month when we went to Ettrick Marshes on a wet Whit Bank Holiday,.  The title “marshes” was something of a clue as to the likely conditions underfoot, but the rain was particularly persistent, and very reminiscent of Irish soft rain of the “wetting” variety.  Walking routes took us high up the valley sides and down to the flooded valley floor where we spotted delightful clusters of delicate yellow primroses and carpets of pale pink wood anemones with scattered bluebells among the woodland debris