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Killer Cows: Cattle Safety
Pip encounters a dangerous herd on the Welsh Coastal Path

Response ID: 328,436,497 Report number: 1222 Location: Ceredigion Coast Path (part of the Wales Coast Path) between Gwbert & Mwnt Date: 04/02/26 2 walkers, no dog, meet about 40 Welsh Black bullocks Pips report: “On the return stretch of our walk we encountered extremely treacherous terrain and a herd of about 40 Welsh Black bullocks […]
Frightened walker asks “Surely the footpath could be fenced off just like it had been done leading up to this section?”

Incident number:1220 Response ID: 328,248,081 Location: Back Forest Farm, River Dane, near Wincle & DaneBridge, Peak District ///wasps.promote.homelands Date 26/01/26 Single walker, no dog SY’s Report: “I was heading back to DaneBridge/Wincle from Gradbach/Black Forest. I’d walked by Back Forest Farm along the path between their fields and came to a gate/stile. As I crossed […]
This walker was rescued by a kind person from Denston Hall

Incident number: 1218 Response ID: 320,795,463 Date of incident: 29.12.2025 Location: Below Denston Hall, Denston Suffolk Status: Lone walker with dog on lead on PROW L.Cooper’s story “I saw a group of cows ahead and waited to see if they would move. As I couldn’t get past without going near to them I backtracked and […]
Category Archives: 17 North West England
267 pm – Blackpool South Beach
I find a Great Wall, and discover Blackpool Pleasure Beach isn’t actually a beach at all. Continue reading
267 Warton to Blackpool
I’m hoping today will be easier than yesterday, and I get off to a good start. Continue reading
266 pm Freckleton to Warton
A day of constant and oppressive signage. And an encounter with cattle ends in defeat – theirs! Continue reading
266 am Preston to Freckleton
‘Purgatory’ I wrote on my map afterwards, to remind myself of my suffering! Continue reading
265 Tarleton to Preston
After my thwarted attempt to walk down the other side of this river yesterday, I wonder if the damaged sign is a bad omen. Continue reading
264 Crossens to Hesketh Bank
Today my walk gets off to a bad start and comes to a bad end. But the middle section is wonderful. Continue reading
263 Formby, Southport, Crossens
I find it amazing that the sea, during its regular ebb and flow, can create so many different textures and surfaces on the same stretch of sands. Continue reading
262b Crosby to Formby
What a beach! Acres and acres of empty sand, like a desert. Continue reading
262a Crosby Beach
There are 100 of the figures, stretching for 3 km along the beach and extending for 1 km out to sea. The walking dead, Continue reading
261 Liverpool to Crosby
That wretched Ferry Cross the Mersey song starts worming through my head again. Then here it comes: the most brightly coloured ferry I’ve ever seen. Continue reading

