Incident number: 1178
Response ID: 316,243,609
Date of incident: 08.06.25
Location: Halgabron, little Clifden farm at Tintagel footpath number 554/46/1 leading from the road to woodland adjoining St Nectans glen.
Status: Single walker with dog on lead on PRoW
Sue’s Story
“I booked a week camping at little Clifden farm. The footpath leads direct from the site to woodland and a local attraction St Nectans Glen. I assumed I could walk on the path daily with my dog. However the site owner has 3 large bulls in the field which put me off using it. I had to do a 1.5 mile detour some of it on a dangerous stretch of road instead. The site owner said they are friendly, however when I stood near the start of the path they looked very large and menacing, I was not prepared to take the risk. Had I known there were bulls on the footpath I would not have booked the holiday as I had planned to walk in the woodland daily with my dog, so this somewhat ruined my holiday.”
Sue’s further beliefs
“The site owner advertises this path as a route to the scenic waterfall so should at least make the path safer. She encourages people to walk through telling them the bulls are friendly and will follow them across. She told me very young camping children were running up to them feeding them grass. This is reckless behaviour in my opinion, and an accident waiting to happen, as a farmer she should know the risk, she is charging £20 a night for camping and ignoring the safety of guests and the public.”
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