Ruth Livingstone
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Killer Cows: Cattle Safety
Miley and his wife have to wade across a stream to escape cattle.
Incident number 1305Date: 30.08.26Site: Public footpath alongside of Egglestone Abbey near Barnard Castle. County Durham.Bull with cows and calves (Comment: very large brown cattle with small horns.)2 walkers with dog on a lead. Miley’s Report: “We were walking from woods towards grasslands alongside Egglestone Abbey. This was the only route back to the gate onto […]
Cows chase walkers AGAIN on Sussex Ouse Valley way
Incident number 1303Date: 31.5.26Site: Between Lewes and Hamsey on the river footpath BN7I dog, on a lead, 2 walkers Description: “Chased by cows on footpath, not for the first time here but very scary. Our dog froze in panic making getting away from cows near impossible.We reported it to the council who have replied saying […]
Cows with calves roaming freely around Hare Hill
Incident number 1301Date: 24.05.26Site: Roughly this: What3words:Punctuate.Otter.Fronted. Near Over Alderley, Hare Hill permissive path. 1 dog on lead, 3 walkers. RH’s report: “We were just walking and suddenly a group of cattle burst out of a field (from nowhere) and moved around us, not charging but getting quite close, agitated and shifting around restlessly with […]
Tag Archives: adder
331 Ballantrae to Girvan
I fall in love with Ailsa Craig, and meet a snake in the grass. Continue reading
320 Glenluce to Sandhead
A day of ups an downs, roads and sands, bogs and adders. Continue reading
Posted in 19 Dumfries and Galloway
Tagged adder, hiking, kitesurfing, photography, travel
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23. Maylandsea to Bradwell
The wind is wild and the sea stormy. I meet a venemous, slithery thing. And I grow angry at people who obstruct my right to walk along the sea wall. Continue reading
Posted in 04 Essex
Tagged adder, Blackwater, Bradwell power station, britain, coast, coastal erosion, england, Essex, Essex Coast, foot path, footpath, hiking, Maylandsea, path, photography, public access, right of way, snake, UK, walk, walking
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Ruth's Coastal Walk (UK) 