A few signs of Spring

as some daffodils come into bloom at the foot of the trees  on Plymouth Hoe.

Hi-Visibility Jackets.

These gardeners' jackets are colour coordinated,

Pink for working with the Blossom trees,

Yellow for tending the Daffodils.

Daffodils

Daffodils

Yesterday I was in Cornwall to see how the daffodil harvest is going.

Looking back across the fields towards Plymouth, the road and rail bridges, across the River Tamar, stood out clearly in brief sunny moments.









I crossed back across the river on the chain ferry from Torpoint, which provides a close-up viewof the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport.

Daffodils

Yesterday I crossed the Tamar to Millbrook. It is daffodil harvest time in Cornwall. From here comes somewhere in the region of 30% of all the daffodils sold in the UK, clearly an important crop. If you enlarge the picture you will see the River Tamar in the background.
A few years ago there were allegations of very poor treatment of the foreign migrant flower pickers under the "gangmaster" system, - illegally low wages, substandard accommodation, even breaches of child labour regulations. It seems that these issues have been put right. For a very positive view of their experience, take a look at this very short film made by some Polish workers near Penzance.