Dirty badgers

The appearances have been like clockwork recently with Smudge and Greedy turning up exactly on dusk. Sometimes they boldly storm across the lawn, other times they run the perimeter around the pond and under the Mexican Blossom before attacking the peanuts. Not sure what they'd been up to at the weekend but they were both filthy, any of the normal white stripes being a light grey. Perhaps there'd been some extensive excavating of a new wing in the sett. The neighbourhood cat made an early appearance to chance his arm for a chunk of dog food but soon retreated when the badgers were in striking distance.