Camera club stars share what is special about Whitchurch and north Shropshire

At the end of every March as the clock’s change and we are given more sunlight the weather seems to do its best to confuse people.

One minute it is snow peppering out streets and countryside with a coat of white frost.

The next the sun is out and some people can be seen braving the outdoors without even a coat.

Such is springtime in Britain.

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Of course life continues in our corner of the world much as it always has despite the turmoil in eastern Europe which has seen so many innocent people in Ukraine killed and millions more displaced.

It is hard to imagine that while we were all looking forward to the return of simpler times following two years of pandemic hell that war clouds were forming on the fringes of our once peaceful continent.

However we can only live in the world we live in and not the world we want to live.

In the meantime we must all do our bit to help those less fortunate, starting with the poor Ukrainians who have lost everything.

Of course it is also important to protect our own mental and physical health, particularly in such troubling times.

So the advice, as ever, is to explore beyond our back gardens and head out into the countryside for who knows what is over the horizon.

All that can be known is these wonderful hills will not explore themselves.

A misty start to the day in Wem. Picture by Brian Roberts.

Just swanning around. Picture by Jan Rescorla.

A ladybird on an adventure. Picture by Hev Harding.

Sunrise in Prees Heath. Picture by Gary Leroy Crawford.

Have you 'herd' about the grass by the fence? Picture by Louise Shakeshaft.

A garden visitor. Picture by Steve Beech.

A feeding bee. Picture by Brian Roberts.