| Never underestimate a cow 15:07 - May 15 with 3942 views | GeoffSentence |
Those feckers are fast.
I got chased by a herd today.
I knew these cows were a bit jittery, but I thought I had plenty of room to give them a wide berth and my path took me round their field towards a footbridge and away from where they were stationed. So my route took me away from them.
A couple of watch cows spotted me but didnt pay to much attention, just gave me the stink eye. But as I stopped to look at a song thrush in a bush I heard a rumbling behind me. The calves had decided to stampede and their mothers went with them. They were heading towards my exit point which was the footbridge, and the rear guard was closer to my entry point than I was at this point. They were hurtling in my direction and my only way to escape was to hop over a barbed wire fence and jump a stream into the next field.
The stream was about 5 foot wide, which is quite a way for a standing jump, but I got over and noticed that the gate to this field was open , the cows were streaming over the footbridge and heading towards it. I had to flee as fast as I could across the field and hide in a foxes den under a tree before they saw me. When I got my breath back I was able to climb over a fence and walk safely along the hedge line without them seeing me. But then there was a break in the hedge where there was nothing but a strand or two of barbed wire. The feckers saw me again and came charging after me . I am just glad that they dont like barbed wire because it would not have taken much for them to knock through it if they wanted.
They are pretty smart too. The advance guard , having blocked off my access to my footbridge exit earlier, then headed straight for the gate where the footpath would take me.
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| Never underestimate a cow on 12:11 - May 16 with 349 views | Ryorry |
| Never underestimate a cow on 10:05 - May 16 by textbackup |
Obviously wear a stone island jumper. Cow sees that, shts herself. |
Herself? Whatever happened to gender diversity? Cattle have feelings too y’know  |  |
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| Never underestimate a cow on 12:14 - May 16 with 336 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Never underestimate a cow on 12:11 - May 16 by Ryorry |
Herself? Whatever happened to gender diversity? Cattle have feelings too y’know |
Bullocks. |  |
| Trust the process. Trust Phil. |
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| Never underestimate a cow on 12:21 - May 16 with 316 views | leitrimblue |
| Never underestimate a cow on 21:49 - May 15 by DavoIPB |
You were very lucky. Cows with calves kill lots of people each year and you are right. They are very quick. Much faster than a human. Or maybe most humans. Definitely don't take a dog into field of cows with calves, it won't end well. |
Think yer overestimating the danger of cows. Most of its just bravado and giving it the big in in front of the girls.
Yer not really in any danger from a cow til it takes its coat off and passes its Stella to a friend |  | | |
| Never underestimate a cow on 12:24 - May 16 with 307 views | hoppy |
| Never underestimate a cow on 12:21 - May 16 by leitrimblue |
Think yer overestimating the danger of cows. Most of its just bravado and giving it the big in in front of the girls.
Yer not really in any danger from a cow til it takes its coat off and passes its Stella to a friend |
Especially not whilst it's holding a kebab. |  |
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| Never underestimate a cow on 12:39 - May 16 with 286 views | leitrimblue |
| Never underestimate a cow on 12:24 - May 16 by hoppy |
Especially not whilst it's holding a kebab. |
There's nothing more upsetting to a cow then the sight of chilli sauce drenched donor meat an lettuce sprawled all over the floor.
' leave it out Daisy, he's not worth it' | | | |
| Never underestimate a cow on 12:40 - May 16 with 285 views | leitrimblue |
| Never underestimate a cow on 12:09 - May 16 by hoppy |
Oi... keep hops out of this, whether or not I should be longer than a frog. Thank you. |
Isn't there some saying about it not being about the length of your Hop, but more about how you use it? | | | |
| Never underestimate a cow on 12:44 - May 16 with 271 views | hoppy |
| Never underestimate a cow on 12:40 - May 16 by leitrimblue |
Isn't there some saying about it not being about the length of your Hop, but more about how you use it? |
Possibly, but I have feelings too... I don't want to be used. | |
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| Never underestimate a cow on 12:48 - May 16 with 264 views | Ryorry |
| Never underestimate a cow on 12:44 - May 16 by hoppy |
Possibly, but I have feelings too... I don't want to be used. |
Sorry Hops, I have drunk you countless times  | |
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| Never underestimate a cow on 14:12 - May 16 with 196 views | hoppy |
| Never underestimate a cow on 12:48 - May 16 by Ryorry |
Sorry Hops, I have drunk you countless times |
Context here is everything, I feel. | |
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| Never underestimate a cow on 15:16 - May 16 with 152 views | Ryorry |
| Never underestimate a cow on 14:12 - May 16 by hoppy |
Context here is everything, I feel. |
Sorry, gotta say you've always been tasty  | |
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| Never underestimate a cow on 17:42 - May 16 with 99 views | Keno |
| Never underestimate a cow on 16:41 - May 15 by hoppy |
Where was the curry? |
He was trying not to get the cows too worked up so was just trying to keep korma |  |
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| Never underestimate a cow on 18:47 - May 16 with 67 views | GeoffSentence |
| Never underestimate a cow on 18:47 - May 15 by textbackup |
Yeah it would be decent to need to keep an eye out for something savage, hopefully the wolves and polar bears escape Jimmys farm one day.
Was speaking to a lady last week that lost her dog after a bite from an adder. Big German shepherd too. So maybe we aren’t fully in the clear |
A few years ago 3 or 4 wolves escaped from Colchester Zoo for a day or two. | |
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| Never underestimate a cow on 18:54 - May 16 with 66 views | GeoffSentence |
| Never underestimate a cow on 11:34 - May 16 by mellowblue |
absolutely the right advice, cows tend to be more interested in dogs than humans. Probably goes back to when cattle were wild and wolves prowled. Never run from cows. |
You say 'never run from cows' but when you have about a dozen of those one ton b'stards hurtling towards you very, very rapidly and glaring at you angrily a quick sprint to the nearest way out of the field seems a very good option. | |
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| Never underestimate a cow on 20:05 - May 16 with 20 views | mellowblue |
| Never underestimate a cow on 18:54 - May 16 by GeoffSentence |
You say 'never run from cows' but when you have about a dozen of those one ton b'stards hurtling towards you very, very rapidly and glaring at you angrily a quick sprint to the nearest way out of the field seems a very good option. |
I quite understand. I would probably have ignored my own advice and scarpered off as well ! |  | | |
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