Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails.

Nose around any modest-sized station and the odds are you'll find that the chargeman's office doubles as a bashers' club, a place where shivering spotters can get warm and catch up on the gen.

Determined 'bashers' do still ride trains, of course, seeking to cram the largest number of route-miles into 24 hours.

Suddenly awake she looked around, startled, it was light, hot, intensely hot and she was sleeping in a shell scrape under a basher.

I was well used to sleeping out under the stars whatever the weather. I had a hammock and a basher, a rain sheet to go over where I was sleeping.

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