Went up to the site this morning at 6:30 because I couldn`t sleep due to my back giving me grief at the moment. I had a nice wonder round and saw a couple of bunnies in the bottom field, some fresh claw marks on a fallen tree which I think were badgers, I didn`t know they were in here so I must find their set one day. I also spotted a few trees which looked as though they`d come down very recently.
This one was about twenty yards away from our camp Spam, just up on the rise where you had your back to.
I reckon this could have been the result of that second crack we heard.
The camera went on a bit of dicky doo after this shot, I think it`s because I left it out in the car the other night.
The pleasant morning all went a bit sureal though as I was enjoying another pine needle tea from the hobbo ( I `ve got a bit of an obsession with this at the moment ). Two police dog vans pulled up on the road at the top of the track, and four coppers with a dog each came hurtling down towards me. I was absolutely bricking it, and thinking they were gonna bust me for brewing up, but they asked if I`d seen anyine in a wax jacket with a rucksack come past here. I said no and they pegged it down through the woods, no idea what was going on.
Never a dull moment at Blackhills
Rich