Sam’s story: There is no reason for so many cows to be on footpaths!  

Incident number: 895

Response ID: 304,260,052

Date: 27.06.24

Location: Two locations near Youlgreave Derbyshire What three words ///point.proclaims.poppy ///distilled.regaining.jukebox

First field had large group of 30 plus cows with calves in the fields surrounding the gate of a popular footpath. We were four people with dogs on leads. Attempted to walk through the gate cows came forward we avoided took a detour over a wall into a different field. Second location no safe route through at all. Every field full of cows. Popular footpath again. Attempted to walk through 40 plus cows charged us. Dogs barked to scare them off they backed off slightly we progressed cows charged at us again. This happened 4 times before we got out of the field.