Report No: 925
Date of Incident: 01/08/24
Location: what 3 words melon.mural.tower – near Marston Montgomery, Derbyshire,
2 People, no dog.
Account: “We were walking down a supposed bridleway with our bikes, but it was completely overgrown so we had to push our bikes. There was a field to our right containing a herd of cattle and they were very unhappy with our presence. They were snorting and taking it in turns to faux charge. We were separated by a single waist high wire which may have saved us. We carried on walking calmly and they all ran about 50m further along the field to wait for us, still snorting and distressed. We stopped to discuss what we should do and they all ran back up to us. We decided we had no option but to walk on an adjacent field away from them and got away unscathed. There were no calves that we could see. We were scared by these cattle; we met some cows further along and they were fine.”
Suggestion from Ali – “The path being maintained would be a start. There could be more robust protection if the cows are known to be aggressive”
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Cattle Safety 