[wildone]

All this talk of foxes has reminded me of an experience I had some years ago. I was walking the dog and had just turned into a ride through a wood. What should I see but two fox cubs playing tumble only about 12 meters in front of me. Immediately I crouched down and dropped the dog so that we were off the skyline. The vixen was in the edge of the trees and I could here her speaking to the cubs but she didn't call them away. We stayed there watching for 15-20 minutes. A few days later we did that walk again and I met a gamekeeper standing, with his gun, for foxes. He asked me if I had seen any. With perfect honesty I said 'No', meaning that I had not seen any that day. It was a marvelous experience and one that I am pleased has been brought back to memory.