Spring bulbs in Ilkley

I took my new camera on an outing to Ilkley, on what was promised to be a warm and bright early spring day. It took me nearly an hour to get there (usually a half hour journey) owing to the many roadworks and temporary traffic lights along the route. When I arrived, it proved not to be very warm or very bright over there. Hey ho...

Never mind, I had a little stroll, finding lots of spring bulbs. I've always liked the row of houses on Wells Road, and the green in front was scattered with crocus and snowdrops. Up in Darwin Gardens there were more snowdrops, a broad river running alongside the path. 

The daffodils were a little behind, just coming into flower - by now, these will be gorgeous. 

Incidentally, an apartment in this fine house called 'Hillside', on the edge of Ilkley Moor, was where in 1859 Charles Darwin and his family stayed while awaiting the publication of his book 'On the Origin of Species', which proposed the theory of natural selection in evolution. Darwin's health was poor and he came to Ilkley to benefit from the hydropathic spa, whose spring water was believed to cure illness.