Ruth Livingstone
My book: Walking the English Coast
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Killer Cows: Cattle Safety
A terrifying experience that could have been a lot worse
Incident number: 1213 Response ID: 317,470,880 Date of incident: 26.10.25 Location: Footpath near the town of Eye in Suffolk, a few fields away from the playing field/par Status: Two people with dog on lead on PROW Holly’s story “Footpath we were following passed through a field with cows in. My husband went in first on […]
A close shave in Shotley Suffolk
Incident number: 1212 Response ID: 317,461,846 Date of incident: 26.10.25 Location: Between end of Wades Lane and River Orwell at Shotley, Suffolk Status: Two people without dog on PROW Dee’s story “Cows circled us, one with horns butted my husband several times. We tried to stay next to the hedge. The cow wouldn’t leave us […]
Leaping over a stile to escape cattle on Oxfordshire
Incident number: 1209 Response ID: 317,262,717 Date of incident: 15.10.25 Location: Between East Hagbourne and Blewbury in Oxfordshire (What 3 words ///gala.flopped.charities) Status: Lone walker with dog on lead on PROW Helen’s story “I needed to cross the field to get home… no close alternative route. I walked with the dog on the lead on […]
Category Archives: 02 Norfolk
442 Ongar Hill to Sutton Bridge
I avoid bullocks, spot some wildlife – and a doughnut – and end up at a famous lighthouse. Continue reading
441b King’s Lynn to Ongar Hill
I find a ferry, at last, and get rather hot and muddy. Continue reading
441 King’s Lynn Revisited
King’s Lynn is where I started my walk 11 years ago. Now, I’m back… Continue reading
Stage 10. Caister to Great Yarmouth to Corton
I am surprised by the lack of care for sand dunes in Great Yarmouth and experience a moment of stillness under the pier. Further along the coast, I come to an area where a whole section of cliff has slipped down …. The path has disappeared. Continue reading
Stage 9. Sea Palling to Winterton to Caister-on-Sea
I see a dog’s grey muzzle in the water – a labrador I think – about 20 yards from shore. My heart stops. I believe I have just seen a dog drown. For one wild moment I contemplate plunging into the cold sea ….. Continue reading
Stage 8. Mundesley to Happisburg to Sea Palling
I walk through a dramatic landscape of battered and broken sea defences. I am shocked to find back gardens sliding into the sea, garden sheds lying on the beach below and shattered houses with empty windows, abandoned to their fate. Huge boulders have been dumped against the crumbling cliff….. then comes an unexpected a beautiful surprise … Continue reading
Stage 7. Sheringham to Overstrand to Mundesley
I forget my socks. There is nobody here at all. Nobody. On my right are crumbling cliffs with no way up. If you were caught here with a rising tide, it would be difficult to escape the waves. Continue reading
Stage 6. Cley-Next-the-Sea to Sheringham
The waves crash beneath us and spray fills the air. The wind howls and tries to blow us off the bank. I am reminded of how very fragile this coastland is and what little protection we really have from the force of the sea.
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Ruth's Coastal Walk (UK) 