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The stamping ground
A phrase often used to describe returning to a previously familiar place (for me that would be Coventry, then North Bedfordshire and currently Northumberland), one theory states that the phrase has its roots in animal behaviour.
This Chillingham wild bull was literally in his stamping ground according to our ranger guide, and we had to make way for him. Apparently he often used it to posture in sight of the rest of the herd (they weren't taking a blind bit of notice as can be seen in the previous upload). And once he had shown us humans who was boss, he returned down the hill to resume his grazing.
As a random aside, The Stamping Ground is a single and an album from my (probably!) all-time favourite band - Runrig.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iInyKXj2JiM
100x 2022 - Northumberland - 34/100
The stamping ground
A phrase often used to describe returning to a previously familiar place (for me that would be Coventry, then North Bedfordshire and currently Northumberland), one theory states that the phrase has its roots in animal behaviour.
This Chillingham wild bull was literally in his stamping ground according to our ranger guide, and we had to make way for him. Apparently he often used it to posture in sight of the rest of the herd (they weren't taking a blind bit of notice as can be seen in the previous upload). And once he had shown us humans who was boss, he returned down the hill to resume his grazing.
As a random aside, The Stamping Ground is a single and an album from my (probably!) all-time favourite band - Runrig.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iInyKXj2JiM
100x 2022 - Northumberland - 34/100