Muckle Carr

A beautiful day with clear skies and sunshine. Lots of walkers going back and forth along the well-known footpath, which runs the other side of our garden wall. I mainly stayed put, so this is the view from just outside the garden gate, looking the other way from yesterday.

The rocky reef in the distance is called Muckle Carr. It has always acted as a natural breakwater for Craster harbour, I'm not sure whether it has caused any shipwrecks though. We see it from our window and I love watching the waves splash against it and the masses of birds playing on it at low tide. 

Currently the rocky grassland running down to the sea is covered with white flowers. This I have found is Common Scurvygrass (Cochlearia officinalis). It has tiny four-petalled flowers, which are surprisingly fragrant. Apparently sailors used to eat Scurvygrass when out at sea to ward off the debilitating disease of scurvy, the leaves being very high in vitamin C. 



It's not often I can say this, but not only has HighPike actually posted a picture, it is really rather good.