It has been raining on the Moss the last 2 days - fantastic ! After having only half the normal rainfall for this year so far things were really starting to get dry and crispy out there, never a good thing on a bog. So it was wonderful to see to Moss filling up again, soaking up the water and literally swelling in size. The sphagnum bloomed, glowing with rich colours, the stems inflating with water like party balloons. The purple moor grass blades held glistening pearls of rain in its tiny hairs, the ditches trickled and gurgled again, the delicate princess pink cranberry flowers blushed and even the ever present dew drops on the sundew got bigger. So this rain will do for the next few days but we want more !
As our signs on the boardwalk say, a dry bog is a bad bog.
