Wild roses grow in the more open areas and through hedges.

Marsh woundwart likes the wetter areas of the valley floor.

Foxgloves are popular with the bees as this picture shows.

Harebells like the banks at the sides of roads and paths.

Higher up on the valley side, the bilberries that flowered in spring are now fruiting.

The honeysuckle is also a hedgerow favourite, twining its way through the hawthorn.

Buttercups also like it damp.

Bistort likes to grow in patches next to the Caldon Canal.

This oriental poppy is an alien intruder, but a rather pretty one.