Epping Forest and Essex Man, Woman and Dog

Since the weather was so nice today, Bev and Paul decided to go for a walk in Epping Forest. They enjoyed themselves wandering through the trees, taking photographs and chatting, though Epping Forest wasn't quite what they were expecting - it was very "brown", with no signs of life at all, just dead trees or trees getting ready to grow new leaves. We bears followed at a distance, kicking up the dead leaves, chasing each other and playing at sword-fighting with dead twigs. After a relaxing time spent beside a quiet pond watching the ducks swimming about, they decided to head back to the car. And that is when they met Essex Man, Woman and Pit-Bull-type Dog - the dog was very bouncy and raced towards Bev, who freaked out (she is terrified of dogs), so there was a shouting match between Bev, Essex Man and Essex Woman about keeping their dog under control, which ended in Essex Man physically threatening Bev and Paul and shouting at Bev to "F**k off back to Scotland where you belong!" Gosh, you meet such a nice class of person at Epping Forest! We hid in the bushes - we might be wild bears, but Essex Man with his tattoos, stubbly chin and big gut (reminiscent of Desperate Dan, but not quite so nice) was very, very scary! Mind you, Bev and Paul are no pushover either - they can both be quite scary when poked with a stick, and were not in the least intimidated by the out-of-control dog and owner! So, all in all, a much more exciting day out than everyone had anticipated :-) When are we going to the woods again?