Coming Soon on Blacka

On North Lees this afternoon. This is the point that they decided to come and investigate our presence.

These are actually the animals about to be imported to Blacka Moor. We discreetly backed away as they were coming closer. There were 10 on this hillside and another 5 or 6 in an enclosure further away. I have no fear of cattle having worked on a farm and being then responsible for the herd, although I do have some slight concern about the size of the horns, seeing as all the cattle I worked with had their horns removed chemically when very young. However there are people who will not be prepared to enter an enclosure among these beasts. I personally find it to be annoying that a companion will say that nothing will persuade them to continue walking through the cattle. But they are right to point out the numerous incidents there have been including the one last year on Baslow Edge when a woman was trampled and had to be helicoptered off to hospital.

The real point is that Blacka has not had grazing for over 60 years and there is an alternative to this ill-considered scheme.