Destructive beasts

Not so much about a badger sighting more about a badger sounding and the destruction caused. Best intentions were made when repairing the fence between the two houses and securing the panel to the post. Or at least it seemed to be okay until 11pm Sunday night when the badger discovered its usual thoroughfare was blocked. For two hours it laboured over trying to find a way through. It did some digging. It pulled off one of the horizontal slats but no joy. The next night it began around 11pm, lasted for 20 minutes and then it resumed its efforts around half past midnight. Another slat was removed, and some of the panel splintered and a hole was forced between the panels. So, today I have dug a hole under the fence panel in the hope that they'll be slim enough to scramble under, in silence. We'll see.