It’s threatening rain as we leave, only ardent dog walkers are out this morning. It becomes showery but not too much to prevent us enjoying the walk around Apuldram. At first there seems to be little new to note,
just the mallow, ragwort, swans and lots of gulls.
Passing over the outfall of the Lavant I noticed for the first time the remains of an earlier sea wall that was a bit further out than the current one. It clearly had been made of concrete with wooden posts; surprisingly it was the wood that remained in many places, why? Perhaps the concrete was substandard which was why it had been replaced.
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here’s plenty of these rather attractive flowers on the dryer parts of the marsh, it seems to be Marsh Woundwort which should be coming out now apparently. It looks rather like some others though especially Meadow Clary but this is it’s habitat, it’s not in a meadow. Nearby there are some amazing masses of Sow Thistle, July is clearly it’s principle month.
Having come out near the high watermark we caught sight of this traditional dingy that seems to be kept here in a traditional mud berth. It’s not particularly accessible as a high tide would be needed to take it out but I guess that is intentional, it would be easy to loose otherwise.