It was the 24th of June 2023. I was staying in a cottage in Snowdonia with a friend.
We were jogging quietly along the track that led up to our holiday cottage. With no warning two cows ran from behind at us, and as they came from behind we did not even know they were there.
My friend managed to escape by jumping a wall, in the process injuring his knee which needed stitches. I slipped as I ran and fell. One cow attacked me causing serious injuries.
I was airlifted from the scene and spent two weeks on a major trauma ward. I had fractured ribs that caused a pneumothorax (air in the chest cavity,) a fractured spine, a fractured jaw, a leg laceration (massive wound in the leg,) multiple bruising and a lumbar hernia. I am off work while I recover from these injuries.
We subsequently discovered that there were cows with calves in the field. We did not have a dog, our attack was completely unprovoked.
The attack was reported to the farmer who was unhelpful and unsympathetic.
I believe that land with footpaths crossing it should not contain cattle.
289,043,524 incident number 761
Cattle Safety 