If you travel between Newtonmore and Kingussie (a distance of about 3 miles) you can either go by car along the A86 or use the bike path which runs alongside it.
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| View from Bike path looking towards Newtonmore |
At the moment, there is a very obvious brown strip on the road verge made up of many brown spikes. In the photo above it is just visible between the white van and the post. In the photo below, it is the grey brown stripe across the middle of the photo.
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I thought I would have better photos already on my computer - and maybe I have - but I can't find them! It normally grows by the sea but a few plants started appearing at the side of the road a few years ago, and now it has completely taken over the verge for almost a mile. When driving the back road from Kingussie to Aviemore, it is easy to spot on the side of the road there as well. It can tolerate salt which explains its success.
Today I was walking near Ralia and there were a few plants there as well but not good subjects for a photo as the recent tar and chipping had covered everything in white dust!
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| A rather dusty Sea Plantain flower with yellow stamens |
You can see that it has yellow stamens which makes it easy to distinguish from the other plantains which have white ones. There is an interesting post on the edibility of Sea Plantains here.
A more colourful event was the visit of a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly to my Buddleia in the garden.
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