Bones were scattered all over the ground. This was sure to be where the two foxes were dining at least — but I felt pretty sure this was also their home. I was reminded of the scene from the film The Ghost and the Darkness, where the characters find the cave of the two men-eating lions.
These foxes had been regularly killing lambs a little further down the valley. The farmer had seen the pair on several occasions; each time they would quickly make their way up the steep hillside for the safety of this crater.
The local hillsides are dotted with such craters, created in World War II when enemy bombers — damaged by allied fire and returning from raids over London — would drop their remaining bombs before flying out over the channel to avoid landing while carrying such
