Response ID: 328,436,497
Report number: 1222
Location: Ceredigion Coast Path (part of the Wales Coast Path) between Gwbert & Mwnt
Date: 04/02/26
2 walkers, no dog, meet about 40 Welsh Black bullocks
Pips report: “On the return stretch of our walk we encountered extremely treacherous terrain and a herd of about 40 Welsh Black bullocks milling around all along the path. My partner & I are both country people & I’m a farmer’s daughter who grew up around cattle but this was by some distance the scariest encounter I’ve ever had with livestock. They approached us, some with curiosity, a few with real intent, & starting bucking & circling. We both had to shout & scream & run at them (difficult given the conditions underfoot) & my partner made me go as fast as I could to the next gate whilst he tried to fend them off. Thank God we both made it though but I fell & jarred my hip & neck that are now painful. We were very shaken & absolutely filthy, my body-warmer & jeans were ruined. It’s a really dangerous situation & I want to report in the strongest terms that something needs to be done as a matter of urgency as it could have ended really badly.”
Pip adds “The Wales Coast Path is a very important public right of way & as such should be kept safe for everyone to use.”
Cattle Safety 
very much agree. I feel the status quo undermines the National Trail system. Not to mention walker safety at a time when they’re trying to promote more exercise.
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Yes you would think National Trails would be safe – but not at all!
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