jgharston wrote:
damduck wrote:
I could hear steps coming close and turned to see a chap
walking up faster than me,stepped to one side to let him pass and trod
on his small dog which I had not seen.

A few days ago I was driving home quite late and suddenly somebody
dressed all in black walking their black dog stepped out of the
black shadows and onto the road in front of me.

JGH
well if there had been no lights, there would have been no shadow.

And if it was pitch black, he would have had a torch.