High Bentham popular local walk. Cattle charged at us for no apparent reason!!!

19th August 2023

The two of us were walking with our dog on the lead on one of the local footpath routes in a popular spot for both locals and tourists. The bullocks had been occupying a field at the start of the walk for weeks and had always been docile/ not interested on previous walks. We took the normal circular route, passing through the bullocks’ field twice. There were no problems when we set off, they ignored us when we passed through as usual. On our way back, entering the field again, the bullocks were walking towards us, when they all suddenly started charging for no reason! We tried not to turn our backs and run, so we rushed sideways through a stream which luckily they didn’t want to cross for some reason – but they bellowed and stamped as we ran for the exit gate. We had minor cuts and scratches and were traumatised. The incident was not reported.

Incident Number: 754

Response ID: 288,714,163