When kayaking on Sunday there seemed to be plenty of elderflowers still. I was on the old River Lea, so perhaps those trees were more shaded and the blooms were later than those on higher ground.
This morning on a day off I cycled out after breakfast to the Hackney Marshes. Lots of the bushes had blooms that were already turning to berries. Others had also been after the blooms (there were paths trampled round the bottom of lots of the bushes) so on some bushes the sprays within reach had already been taken.
I had to cycle further than I thought I would, but I got a few blooms here, a few blooms there, and so got the 15 I needed.
The elderflower champagne I made a few weeks ago are showing no sign of "working" so might not be getting the fizz. I hope it is just being slow to get going.
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