Pine and birch, with a path through which is mostly dry except for the muddy bits. Herself put on heavyweight outdoor footwear but I simply trod carefully... the white moccasins are hardly muddied.
Fallow deer are incredibly well camouflaged at this time of year. Herself spotted one moving about 100 yds away through the trees... it turned out to be a herd of 60-plus animals, which gradually, then suddenly, evaporated in that way they have, and were gone.
We had gone to see the bluebells which are a sorry sight this year, many cropped it is said by these same deer. Severely curbing the deer seems a bit excessive just to get the bluebells back. In any case that means shooting a lot of them. There's a suitable rifle I think, but you have to get quite close to shoot them with buckshot from a shotgun, which is illegal anyway. And I've lost my bloodlust. I'm afraid nature is taking its course for the time being.
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