After all those cold miserable days suffered through winter, there’s a treat in store:

Bluebells are everywhere!

At dawn in the spring woods you start to understand why so many myths, tales and legends originate from here. It’s ethereal.

Stripes of different shades emerge as the sun shines through the trees.

You lose all track of time in the bluebell woods, and as soon as you know it a whole day has passed under its canopy.

Photos taken in Ashridge Estate, Buckinghamshire