March 2026 News - Spring Comes to The Somme
Posted on 31st March 2026 by Julie and David Thomson in General News.
Did you remember to Spring forward an hour into the lighter evenings here in Europe?
We have had a busy March, and it seems that spring is definitely here. It has been a busy, varied and rewarding month that has flown by, with so many interesting people and stories shared.
Weather-wise it has been a real mixed bag. Many grey skies, some beautiful blue-sky days, and even some warm sunshine, with the odd thunder shower thrown in. Spring flowers – snowdrops, cowslips, primroses and daffodils all have shown their colours. The wood anemones in Delville Wood are particularly beautiful, their delicate white flowers hugging the bases of all the trees. The quality of the light improves, with a rich, golden luminescence which fills the landscape when the sun peeps out from the clouds. Photographers heaven.
We often think and remark that Nature always wins over War. We see it here in the landscape once so ravaged and witness to so much death and destruction now taken back by nature, reclaimed as it were. So it is with a sigh that we look out and see the world as war torn as ever. The ordinary man once again paying the price for others need for power, control and greed. All we can do is spread our little bit of peace and kindness wherever we go and especially here at No.fifty6 where we try to create an oasis of calm in a mad world for all who come through our door.
So, the poetry of Sarah Teasdale spoke to us this month.
She writes so much of nature and love and war. If you do not know her work check out this poem, as well as Spring in War Time.
