Battle of the Somme 90th Anniversary July 1st

[Lalwendë]

In fact it probably never happened at all in the way its described. If it was November then little if anything would be growing near the North Sea coast of Yorkshire, especially at Roos which is a bit windswept.

Cow Parsley would have been the most likely plant in such an area, and it would also be the prettiest as the only big plants like that are the toxic and pernicious Giant Hogweeds but these wouldn't have been very widespread weeds at all at that time. But even Cow Parsley is most definitely not in season in Yorkshire in November!

Personally I always imagined the hemlocks to be Giant Hogweed, but that's probably due to growing up with my dad who had a fascination for all kinds of giant weeds (like his 8-12 foot Scarisbrick Thistles).

Just to further shatter illusions, Roos is now quite a popular area for caravan parks.