May is the greenest month and this year has been no exception, given how high the water table was after such a wet start to last winter. There’s a lush depth to the valley, with the hawthorn – which blossomed early and abundantly – creating a chequered green and white idyll.
But it flatters to deceive. Like recent thunder, there’s rumbling concern on farms here where sunlight bounces off concrete yards and there’s only one conversation – “when are we going to get some rain?”
