This favourite path from Lenny Hill to The Hollow is normally one of the happiest places to be. Today's confrontation would have been severely alarming to those of a timid disposition. Even I, an ex cow-worker, was temporarily startled by the sudden appearance of the sullen beasts. When expressing my disapproval of the plan to bring cattle onto the site this was exactly the scene I pictured and in this very place.At Chatsworth, where cattle graze you can see them well before you get near them. At Longshaw too. Here there is no width to turn round and the standard risk assessment advice to run to the nearest exit is patently absurd.
I've also heard a report of children on ponies being obstructed by cattle blocking a bridleway. Cows may see the pony but not identify the rider as a separate being so will just stand their ground.
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