Jizo bodhisattva, whose figures are often clothed or capped in red, protects travellers on the way. Jizo is evoked by these red capped lichen called British Soldiers. Go in peace!
It has been published this month in http://www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/en/current-issue.html, a semi-annual on-line magazine filled with exquisite verse and images in the tradition of Japanese short poetry.