On my last visit to Bolton there was still some snow on the ground, while there is still a lot of melting that is occurring.
Already you can see a lot more of the flower stalks towards the ends of the branches. While I didn’t see any that are really starting to split there are some signs of that.
You can see that along the brown scales there is some light green growth spots coming in. I am assuming that within 3-4 weeks there will be a lot more development of the flowers as the trees begin to really germinate.