I am sure that it seemed like a good idea at the time, to have a photo shoot with an actual doorway on a National Nature Reserve and people going through it as a visual image to promote people visiting an NNR in the springtime. So I turned up at Flanders Moss this morning to meet a photographer, PR specialist and Bertie, Freya, Christina and their headteacher Fiona Anderson, volunteers from Thornhill Primary School for a photo shoot. Now I know that budgets are tight but when the door prop was taken out of the estate car I felt like I was having a Spinal Tap Stonehenge moment as it was only about 4 feet high. But we all went to work to make the best of it. Luckily Chris the photographer was excellent and the Thornhill team pulled all the right poses and were stars and some of the resulting pictures are attached. I hope they work in encouraging people to get out and visit these fantastic places.
As for the door, it is heading off to Blawhorn and Forvie NNRs amongst others but it was looking a bit battered after its Flanders shift so whether it will last the duration we will have to wait and see. And eventually some pantomime in Glasgow will probably want it back for the Krankies before Christmas.
