Exercise 'Bracken'

You may have noticed lots of fire service activity on Caesar's Camp today. This was Training Exercise 'Bracken'. They had some big bits of kit for pumping water around the site, with hoses over 1km long!
Hopefully this will aid them in fighting fires in the future.
I caught a glimpse of the cattle as I drove past the site on the Odiham Road, at about 9.15 but then didn't see them all day. They were sensibly keeping out of the way!

Wednesday 13.00, i counted a total of 24 in the whale tail at T7 after a tip off from Richard, they were all grazing and looked o/k,

Tuesday 13.30, i found 27 near Caesars camp at L18, they were all grazing and looked o/k. I later met up with mike who had spotted the remaining 8.

Sunday AM.

Found a large group on 22+ on the slope to the west of Caesars Camp fort P15/16. There are lots of hollows and ridges in this area so an accurate count was not possible.Then found another group of 7 at R17. All those I saw looked fine.

Saw the same 2 groups a bit later. Counted 20 around O17, all sat around chewing the cud. Then found 14 having a good wander and a munch around Long Bottom (200180 came over to see me, and gave me a good sniffing, which was nice)

All well

Found two groups late this afternoon (21 at P15 and 14 at R19). All seemed content despite the mass of fire and army vehicles around the area.

Saturday 10.00, today i found 11 at O19 and 24 in the whale tail at U7, all were grazing and looked o/k.