This old wooden pole is at the start of a footpath that follows part of the line of an old railway. The pole may well date from the time when track was still down and trains were running; maybe the 1950s or 1960s. Today it is treated as a site for pinning informal notices, mainly about lost cats and dogs. The thumb-tacks that hold such notices are flimsy things and they succumb to the weather very quickly; rust soon replaces colour. Longer lasting is the inexpertly hammered nail, put there for who-knows-why. It could easily outlast the pole.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Nikon Z 5
