Bunkered

Today's the day ............................ to be home on the range

A visitor from another planet might have difficulty making sense of this hillside on the outskirts of Kendal.

Perhaps a definition of the word bunkered might help -

Origin: Mid 16th century (originally Scots, denoting a seat or bench): perhaps related to bunk

1. fill the fuel containers of (a ship); refuel

2. (be bunkered) Golf (of a player) have one's ball lodged in a bunker: he was bunkered at the fifth hole

3. hit (the ball) into a bunker: he bunkered his second shot

4. cause difficulties to; hinder the progress of: he may find his new sporting pursuits bunkered by activities he hadn't planned on

5. take refuge in a bunker or other shelter: his family had bunkered down inside their home

Mmmmh - maybe not ...........................?