Crow Sister - yep it does sound a bit odd, I should explain, we were a good few miles from our village, a November evening dark and raining, with no torch - the badger had made off into a very big field. That being enough, even if we could have found it - a fit badger is a formidable opponent, but an injured one ! Maybe we should have taken a look, but we didnt. Whats done is done.

However, on the other side of the coin 3 years ago one of my horses was hit by a car. The car overtook me on my horse and pulled in between me and the horse in front to let another car coming towards us go past. The driver who had overtaken me was so busy checking in his rear view mirror that he drove straight into the back of the horse in front of him.
My beautiful horse Sixpence was sent head over heals down the road, luckily the rider was thrown clear. That was at 10.30am at 3.30pm that afternoon,after doing all they could, the vets put her to sleep at the side of the road, and the police openend the roads again.

The driver was fined £250.00 and 3 points on his licence for driving without due care and attention. And his wife told me I should think myself lucky because I shouldnt have been on the road in the first place!