Litter and chatter

I'd made up my mind to do a litter pick today, whatever the weather, as I haven't been out for quite a few weeks. I dressed up in full waterproofs - it wasn't raining, but just in case - and set off at 10.30 to do my usual round. 

Quite a lot to pick up this time, particularly after the Hogmanay fireworks at McCaig's Tower - lots of cans and bottles over the fence. Why are people so dirty? 

I also enjoyed several conversations with people, local and visiting, and had what turned out to be an impromptu Keep Oban Beautiful meeting with a fellow committee member on the steps of Jacob's Ladder! I was surprised when I arrived home to find that I'd been out for three hours! It hadn't rained, so I was hot! I take my tiny Canon PowerShot with me on these occasions so the picture isn't great - and I'm afraid it's another Oban view from the wall at Taylor's Brae. I think the lens must be dirty - it's hard to clean as it's very small.

After lunch I managed half an hour down by the roadside pulling fern fronds and brambles from my bank before it began to rain, though it didn't come to much.