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Originally Posted by susie123

That's a toughie Dave, without any scale to go on and no leaves, at first I thought it was our old friend bistort but I've never seen one open that far.

Got the old floras out and I think it's an orchid. Could be Northern Marsh, though most of the pics on the www are much darker pink.

Teesdale High Force.

Or possibly a hybrid of Northern Marsh and Common Spotted, as per this photo...

Northern Marsh Orchid x Common Spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza x venusta | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

There seems to be a lot of hybridisation about - they obviously can't keep their knickers on.

Looks very similar to that hybrid Sue -some lovely pics of wild british orchids on the following link too.
British Wild Orchids Mia Lewis's Photo Blog