Fair weather thermals

Regular readers will know that we’ve pretty much cleared our ground of foxes, and our neighbouring farms keep on top of theirs too (some with a little help from us), so although we still go out regularly, it’s rare that we see a fox. However, I’ve encountered a couple of this year’s youngsters. They were born and raised just over the boundary, in an old scrap yard where they can breed undisturbed.

There’s nearly always a litter under all the old metal in the yard. No one would dare put a terrier in there, and you certainly couldn’t dig them out. I think these two were pushed in our direction when the neighbour harvested the fields around the site. He’d