WALKERS will meander through yellow meadows as an Oxford hospice marks the onset of spring.

Thousands of daffodil bulbs have sprouted through the earth at Adwell House near Thame, bursting into bloom in time for Sobell House Hospice's annual Daffodil Walk.

The Headington palliative care specialists stage the walk every year at the manor house, which is surrounded by more than 15 acres of manicured lawns and picturesque woodland.

Sobell supporters have been invited to join the stroll this Sunday, starting at 2pm and running until 5pm.

Entry costs £5 per person and booking is not necessary - walkers can turn up on the day and are welcome to bring dogs along, if they are on a short lead.

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Bert Corbyn-Smith, community fundraiser at the hospice, said: "The Daffodil Walk has become a date in the Sobell House calendar.

"Each year, between 200 and 300 people come along to enjoy the beautiful daffodil display in the gardens of Adwell House.

"We always look forward to the day itself - it is such a pleasure for us to be able to welcome our supporters as they arrive, and to talk to them in such beautiful surroundings."

Adwell House is owned by Imogen and Tom Birch-Reynardson, a former High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, and its gardens are not usually open to the public.

Mr Corbyn-Smith credited the Birch-Reynardsons for offering Sobell supporters a 'real treat' in opening up the estate.

The grounds are currently carpeted with about 30,000 daffodils of 300 different varieties.

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Last year participants had to huddle under umbrellas as rain showered the route, but the forecast this weekend is looking much more spring-like.

The money raised will support Sobell's work caring for adults with complex and life-limiting illnesses, which will mark a new milestone this year with the opening of a new building.

The new Sobell Clinic and Garden Annex are nearing completion, at the hospice's base on the Churchill Hospital site.

External work has been finished and builders are now working on the internal fittings and preparing to equip the spaces.

Work on the new garden space is also underway, which will deliver a tranquil area for patients and visitors, with accessible seating areas and sensory plants.