Early-purple Orchids will be in flower on 13th April for the "Orchid walk" from Hurstpierpoint.

Last Sunday Early-purple Orchids were just showing their flower buds.

With the warm weather today and hopefully more to come these orchids will be perfect in 12 days time.

We might even get to see some Twayblades in bud.

The delightful, tiny Townhall clock plant is also on bloom now.
If you are tempted to join us details of the walk are at http://www.midsussexramblers.co.uk/page6.htm

Cuckfield European Association trip to St Omer, Saturday 29th March 2014

Enthusiastically lead by our Chairman, Andrew we enjoyed a great time in St Omer; a day which was expertly organised by Christian.  Thank you both!

Mind how you get off the bus!

Which way do we go Andrew?

Plenty of very fine restaurants around the town center.

There is a distinctly Flemish feel to the town.

The Gothic church was awesome.

Click here for details of the Cuckfield European Association
After our visit to the town and lunch we visited the factory making glassware in enormous automated quantities.

Above, the happy group in St Omer.

Toothwort in the Long Plantation, Kingswood, Surrey on 22rd March 2014

 Toothwort is a parasitic plant -- on hazel in this location.  It has no leaves or chlorophyll.

 You only see it when flowers.  The rest of the year its fleshy shoots are below ground feeding on the hazel roots.