The Best Places to see snowdrops in Cumbria and the Lake District
Snowdrop walks in winter are increasingly popular. Cumbria hosts many wonderful places to see swathes of snowdrops. Grizedale Forest, Tarn Howes, Grasmere, Sizergh Castle, Dalemain, Dalston or Brockhole, the Lake District National Park's Visitor Centre, all of these places you can visit tomorrow that produce breath taking rewards. Take a wander through the snowdrops that carpet the woodland walks at Crowdundle Beck, Acorn Bank, Temple Sowerby. Snowdrops - the symbol of hope The soil is sleeping now. There is a surge of activity to come. The first snowdrops are poking their tiny buds above the sodden earth as if to enquire whether it is safe to emerge. The white bell shaped flowers, with smooth dull, green narrow leaves, are the first sign that spring is on the way. The snowdrop does not have petals but instead has six white flower segments, known as tepals. There are two structures three outer, convex in shape, and three inner, that are shorter, and have a small g