Misty Mornings

Several mornings have been like this. Mist and low cloud at this time of year can be very trying. You have a pretty good idea that when you're busy elsewhere later in the day visibility will improve and the views will open out. And the bracken is now just getting to that stage where any dampness transfers itself to your clothing. But just occasionally you catch some of the wildness unawares.

These animals are much more likely to be found amid the bracken than cattle.

In fact the cattle were also met suddenly and unexpectedly in a dark area under the trees. Unlike the stags, they behaved as cows mostly do, unpredictably and vaguely alarming. This is not the right place for cows. A few minutes later a girl with a dog came on the same path.