I don’t know if everybody feels quite the same way as I do but I love the fact that poppies unexpectedly appear after a ground disturbance.

This particular display can be seen just off the Rushington roundabout, Totton.

Apparently, the seeds of poppies can lie dormant in the ground for decades until there is a disturbance (in this case, a widening and re-sighting of the footpath).

Of course, poppies are also associated with the First World War and Remembrance, following ground disturbance on the battleground.