the futility of trust

Uploaded 03/09/2009

Two girls were walking along the beach to the south of Bamburgh castle, ostensibly in charge of some sort of dog but without the necessary lead to enable them to fully control it. When it decided it wanted to stop and do something else (probably involving leaving a large pile of shit on the beach or eating some sort of unpleasant half-rotted sea bounty) they walked on, shouting increasingly loudly for it to follow them to no avail. Eventually the shoutiest of the two strode determinedly back in order to attempt to collect the dog which evidently thought this a fun new game and ran away towards the sea. If it's not on a lead it's not under control, but the people who ought to know this are generally the ones who seem not to.