Garden on the Beach

There was a strong cool onshore breeze this morning when A and I walked the Cley circular walk.  The tide was in so we walked higher up the beach alongside the marshes.  We found these yellow horned poppies in flower amongst other beach-dwelling plants including sea-campion which can just be seen in the background.

The extra is of some chicory that was growing along the path next to the marshes.  This is a member of the daisy family and the roots can be ground and mixed with coffee.  I remember my mother having a bottle of 'Camp Coffee' in the store cupboard which was a thick syrup made from chicory and coffee which she used to flavour cakes. It is still sold today but was originally produced in Glasgow by Patersons & Sons in 1876 .