On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:40:05 +0100, Broadback
wrote:

David W.E. Roberts wrote:


Has anyone seen more may blossom before than this year?


Indeed the Hawthorne in these parts [southern Pennines] were groaning
with blossom....on some trees so thick the leaves were almost entirely
hidden.

A neighbour has a Blackthorne and Hawthorne growing intertwined, a
beautiful sight this year.