Well, the forecast was for showers but we got a bit more than that; it seemed worth going out, even though it was threatening. The birds were singing and plenty of other folk were out innocently walking.
Alongside the path to the sea and near the sea wall clumps of Mallow had grown to a metre or more and now
in full flower. They made a striking sight as there were few other flowers about, just lots of grass that was also growing strongly.
Also on the sea wall this Bristly Ox-Tongue or Prickly Ox-Tongue which was just coming into flower having grown to a considerable hight in
many places. It’s relatively broad, wavy edged leaves are characteristic and distinguish it from the Hawkweed Ox-Tongue. A weed maybe but the colour of it’s dandelion like flowers was welcome.
Nearby this Teasle had suddenly grown to a metre or so. There were several adjacent to the seawall, formed but not yet really in flower. Something to
watch out for next time.
Just after taking this picture the skies opened up and the rain came down like stair rods making a loud hissing where it struck the surface of the sea.
Above us were really dark clouds but on the horizon it was much brighter giving rise to this very attractive monochromatic view of the channel. Shame we were getting so wet we couldn’t really appreciate it as much as we’d have liked to as we headed back to the car. Initially it seemed like it would be a short sharp shower, in the end it lasted about an hour or more yielding some much needed rain for fields and gardens.