Travel Photo of the Week: Spreadeagle Hill, Dorset, England

The picture was taken at the top of Spreadeagle Hill, on Melbury Downs, near Shaftesbury, Dorset. The poppies appeared quite suddenly, out of season, last October, after the field had been harrowed. Poppy seeds are able to lie dormant in the ground for many years, but can often flower if the conditions are right, after they have been disturbed in the ground, producing a vivid and very colourful display. It so happened that these red poppy flowers appeared not too long before our annual Remberance Day, when the poppy is used as a symbol of rememberance for all those who gave their lives in the World Wars.

Photo courtesy of good friend Lavinia from Dorset.

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