After seeing Nigel's pictures of orchid this morning I went for a short walk on our local hill this evening, and yes, indeed the first orchids are appearing (Early Purples) along with cowslips.
There’s a lot to see and it appears quite crowded beneath the statue. I particularly liked the house with the swimming pool in the bottom left corner. :)
I’m really sorry you had a nightmare but I’m glad you turned it into something very nice. I like them all but blue tit and robin shots are my favourites.
I have enjoyed everyone's contributions. Here are three from last week. First, a heavy lift barge and then a train. Followed by a shot with a 2nd hand ("new" to me) 35/1.8G (pieris-japonica). I've only taken about 10 pictures with it, but I like the results I'm getting so far.