Splatterings

There's probably some academic somewhere who's done a study of, or even written a book on, the various manifestations of cattle dung in fields. When the present lot get loosed onto Blacka's moor they seem to specialise in the soggiest kind of splatterings which they deposit liberally over the paths. And it's the paths where they spent much of their time, unlike the deer who mostly make their own routes (and anyway produce a much less conspicuous brand of ordure). Most of those who know anything about cattle will attest to their liking for paths while observation of deer on Blacka suggests they only occasionally stray onto paths and prefer the expanses of heather bracken and grass.





Even those quiet, occasionally used paths like the one leading to the waterfall on the Lee Stream have already been visited, and the nice path above the stream has been pretty thoroughly scuffed up. All very predictable.