Growing

The path across the top of Blacka Hill was a modest 18 inches wide at the most four years ago. Since the introduction of cattle it has grown to the width of the main bridleway. Much of the time it is now a swamp but this morning more of a skating rink.

The young calf looks to have grown too even seen from the opposite side of Blacka Dyke with the adult hind. Meanwhile the stag remains enclosed by the SWT barbed wire. He is confirmed as the regular resident with the branched left antler often with the hind and calf.