Fields of Daffodils

Just outside campus are fields and fields of golden daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus ). I visit these fields on a regular basis as they provide a unique, thought provoking and royal setting. It is truly magical to walk through ordered fields, with a strong,vibrant yellow and green taking over your imagination. The poem below by William Wordsworth is a great tribute to this wonderful sight. 

Some of the images I photographed can be seen below. Hope you enjoy them.

Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they

Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;

A poet could not be but gay,

In such a jocund company!

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

William Wordsworth

Images copyright to Abbi Hughes


Location : Falmouth Turbines
Date: 6th March 2011
Time: 6pm - 7pm (varies)
Weather:Strong winds, bright colourful sunset. 
Map Reference: SW756354