Tag: cows on footpath

Ensuring Safety on a Walking Holiday: Cattle Management

We all have a right to walk safely along footpaths, and we can’t predict which cattle will be aggressive.

Walking holidays in the UK are great for several reasons:

  1. There are so many different areas to discover. Our countryside is beautiful and very diverse.
  2. We can get there without jumping on a plane – that makes me happy as I hate the palaver of flying, getting to the airport early, queuing through security, waiting with hundreds of others etc….. Also, I am trying to not take flights to keep my carbon footprint down.
  3. We have a fantastic network of public footpaths, and bridleways, across England and Wales, giving walkers access to some stunning locations.
  4. We know that spending our money locally helps our economy.
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“Hotfoot”meets a field of cattle

Report number: 888

Date of Incident: 15/06/24

Location: Coast path (two fields away??), Caerhays, Cornwall, England – no GR given

Account “I am a runner, and I was dressed in brightly coloured clothing. I entered the field, closing the gate, and started jogging. Several of the cows were standing on the path. I immediately slowed to a walk. Deviating from the path would have put me into the middle of the herd, so I kept to the path and tried to stay between the most aggressive cow and the edge of the fence. The most aggressive cow shuffled around to face me. I walked quietly around it but it oriented towards me and starting following me. I had the sense it was annoyed with me. I had to stop three or four times and put out of my hand, shouting ‘No!’ to get it to stop, which it did, flicking its ears. On the last occasion, it walked backwards a bit, and from this point I was able to walk to the next gate, about 50 metres on.”