  Let $\mathcal{T}_n(x)$ denote the time of first visit of a point $x$ on the
lattice torus $\mathbb {Z}_n^2=\mathbb{Z}^2/n\mathbb{Z}^2$ by the simple random
walk. The size of the set of $\alpha$, $n$-late points $\mathcal{L}_n(\alpha
)=\{x\in \mathbb {Z}_n^2:\mathcal{T}_n(x)\geq \alpha \frac{4}{\pi}(n\log
n)^2\}$ is approximately $n^{2(1-\alpha)}$, for $\alpha \in (0,1)$
[$\mathcal{L}_n(\alpha)$ is empty if $\alpha >1$ and $n$ is large enough].
These sets have interesting clustering and fractal properties: we show that for
$\beta \in (0,1)$, a disc of radius $n^{\beta}$ centered at nonrandom $x$
typically contains about $n^{2\beta (1-\alpha /\beta ^2)}$ points from
$\mathcal{L}_n(\alpha)$ (and is empty if $\beta <\sqrt{\alpha} $), whereas
choosing the center $x$ of the disc uniformly in $\mathcal{L}_n(\alpha)$ boosts
the typical number of $\alpha, n$-late points in it to $n^{2\beta (1-\alpha)}$.
We also estimate the typical number of pairs of $\alpha$, $n$-late points
within distance $n^{\beta}$ of each other; this typical number can be
significantly smaller than the expected number of such pairs, calculated by
Brummelhuis and Hilhorst [Phys. A 176 (1991) 387--408]. On the other hand, our
results show that the number of ordered pairs of late points within distance
$n^{\beta}$ of each other is larger than what one might predict by multiplying
the total number of late points, by the number of late points in a disc of
radius $n^{\beta}$ centered at a typical late point.
