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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: 23 Lincolnshire
449b Freiston Shore to Friskney
I dodge cattle, and walk past military towers. Continue reading
449a Freiston Shore to Friskney
I get off to a bad start, and walk along an endless track through marsh and cabbages. Continue reading
448pm Boston to Freiston Shore
I visit a prison. By mistake. Continue reading
448am Boston to Freiston Shore
I defy the rules, and reach a memorial where something very nearly happened. Continue reading
447pm Frampton Marsh to Boston
I struggle along a horrible diversion, and think bad thoughts about Boston. Continue reading
447am Frampton Marsh to Boston
I nearly see a very rare bird, take a wrong turn, and am stopped by a diversion. Continue reading
446 Fosdyke Bridge to Frampton Marsh
[This walk was completed on the 8th July, 2021] Glad to be back on my coastal trek, I hide my bike behind the hull of an old boat. It’s in a ramshackle yard, beside Fosdyke Bridge. The bridge itself is … Continue reading
445 Holbeach St Matthew to Fosdyke Bridge
Apart from the cows and the swan, there really isn’t much to look at. Continue reading
444 Gedney Drove End to Holbeach St Matthew
I ignore a red flag and walk the perimeter of a danger zone. Continue reading
443 Sutton Bridge to Gedney Drove End
I follow a river bank through marsh and mud, and suffer a terrible bout of hay fever. Continue reading

