It's bluebell time in the north. Don't miss it. It doesn't last long

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Now is the ideal time to seek out bluebell woods in the north of England. The warm spells in March and April followed by colder weather in the last few weeks has brought them gently to perfection.

Thousands formed a misty blue floor to the mixture of conifers and deciduous trees in Riffa Wood, just off the Leeds-Harrogate road between Pool and Huby, where Penny and I went exploring this week. Good management and the gloomy canopy have kept out brambles and other invaders which might choke the flowers. It is an amazing sight.

There are excellent bluebells everywhere, and many of them in places which some might find unexpected; vast numbers off the road out of Huddersfield to the M62; sheets of them in the copses and spinneys which dot industrial and built up parts of the West and South Riding, Greater Manchester and the North East.

Have you a favourite? Will you share it? Most people have and do. One of the best tips given to me came from Anne Leuchars, former ITN reporter and later press officer for the Northumberland national park. She put me on to the bluebells by the Roman Wall at Gilsland, close to the remains of a defunct hotel spa scheme.

Here's one of my notorious training films, as I learn to master my Guardian iPhone, made in Riffa Wood. If you want to walk there, park at Leathley village hall and do the lovely three-to-five mile (depending on options) loop via Stainburn, well described in the absolutely excellent, free walkers' website The Walking Englishman.

if you feel like passing on your own bluebell tips below, please do. Thanks in advance.