Incident number: 1185
Response ID: 316,421,828
Date of incident: 22.08.25
Location: Bellingham, Hexham Pennine Way ///soup.chitchat.spill
Status: Two people with dog on lead on PRoW
Sarah’s story
“We were walking quietly and calmly through the field on the right of way with our dog on a short lead. The cattle were very interested and started crowding around us and our dog. We let our dog off the lead as we became increasingly concerned for our and our dogs safety as there was also a bull present. The cows chased our dog. Our dog came back to us, we managed to slow the cows down by shouting and waving our arms. We slowly managed to back out the field by shouting at the cows to stay away and walking backwards to the gate.”
Sarah adds “I would like to see cattle be separated off from footpaths.”
Cattle Safety 