Weird growth

Gorgeous day after the gales and lashing rain of this previous week.
Went for a walk up the cycle path with the macro. As much to get outside into some fresh air and move around than particularly to go and take photos. Been stuck behind a computer too much recently. Nice walk, birds singing away. Lots of folk out too, cycling or pushing prams or walking dogs...some doing all 3!

Lots of the path by way of nice red berries, lichen, dead branches, but this caught my eye. Typical on the path and says a lot for the locals. "We eat junk, and are not always good at taking our litter home, but at least we're tidy." You see this a lot now on the path. I think it's become kind of a thing-to-do. Finding strange branches and interesting places to put a can or bottle. Little markers...perhaps the modern equivalent of leaving a stone on a cairn...?