Roseisle
So, I have a new laptop, hence I’ve started uploading pictures again. By the end of the week I’ve finished some work for TFL (IT stuff), and am wondering what to do for the next few days. I decide to sleep in the forest at Roseisle, which backs onto the beach between Findhorn and Burghead. There are some nice walks here, and already quite a few visitors for the time of year.
Even though there is a fairly persistent drizzle, one family I walk past have bought a disposable barbecue with them. A man, lets call him ‘Outdoor Dad’, is barbecuing some food on a nearby table while the rest of the family sit in their car. Outdoor Dad is passed uncooked food out of the window, and then carries the cooked stuff back to the car. I wonder whether Outdoor Dad used to be into outdoor activities. Whether he used to go cycling with the lads, or climb rock faces. I wonder if he’s given up trying to change Indoor Mum, or if he still harbours some hope that this experience will be the turning point.
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- Peltigera Hymenina, a fairly common Dog Lichen. This was taken just above the beach.
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- This little fella doesn’t appear in the Collins guide to British wildlife.
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- When I was at Abernethy the RSPB were accused by the locals of making a mess when they didn’t remove dead wood. Here the foresty commission explain that stumps are left for nesting and as a food source.
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- A song thrush
Life since the office 
Oh Phil, you are such a romantic.
‘Outdoor Dad’ lost his job a couple of months ago and has not been able to find alternative employment. Consequently he defaulted on his mortgage payments. The mortgage company, with great regret and sympathy, repossessed his house and evicted them two weeks ago.
Since that time the whole family have been living in their car, moving from place to place to avoid apprehension by the authorities. They are managing to feed themselves by collecting roadkill and visiting the rear of supermarkets at night and raiding the waste bins for out of date products. Their only means of cooking this food is on an old barbecue they are able to fold up and carry in the back of the car.
It’s possible ‘Outdoor Dad’ may be contemplating some rock climbing in the near future, but he may not come down by the same means that he went up.
Have a good day Phil, keep positive!
20 March, 2010 at 10:15 am
Possibly the funniest thing i’ve read all year.
20 March, 2010 at 9:46 pm