Ruth Livingstone
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Killer Cows: Cattle Safety
Chased by cattle on National Trust marked route at the Sheffield Park Estate
Incident number: 1276 Response ID: 330,048,467 Date of incident: 08.07.26 Location: Sheffield Parkland, Uckfield. TN22 3QX. On the Tolls circular walk route. Established, signposted route for visitors. National Trust property. Status: Two people without a dog on National trust ROW Amber’s story “We were walking the Tolls route at Sheffield Park Estate – an approximately […]
Cattle with calves not fit to be on a public right of way in Horninghold Leicestershire
Incident number: 1274 Response ID: 330,024,462 Date of incident: 05.07.26 Location: Horninghold, Leicestershire. GR 819 976 (Path No B101). Footpath running between Knob Hill Farm and Burn Hill. Status: Two people with dog on the lead on PRoW Chris’s story “We passed through Knob Hill farm which is a danger in itself due to dogs […]
Anglesey coastal path – a thunder of cows hooves as cows approached walkers
Incident number: 1272 Response ID: 329,962,214 Date of incident: 9th May 2026 Location: Near Anglesey equestrian centre the costal path Status: Couple of people walking on PRoW with no dog. Kat’s story “There was 3 fields with cows and calves in. The farmer and his helper saw us and said, go through quiet. In the […]
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75. Chapman’s Pool to Tyneham
Across crumbling clifs, above wild beaches and deserted coves, the path roller-coasters along.. and is graded as challenging. Am I up to it?
73. Swanage to Durlston Head
The wooded path leading to Durlston Head is endearingly called “Isle of Wight Road”. It is Sunday and, although still January, there are lots of people walking here today. I wonder if the rest of the South West Coastal Path will be as busy as this.
69 (part 2). Hurst Castle to Christchurch
I see a Kestrel and eat a cream tea. Checking my map, I realise I have crossed over into Dorset. I am making progress!
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Stage 33. Allhallows-on-Sea to Hoo St Werburgh
Mud has reached past my laces to the tops of my boots. With each step, I feel my boots being tugged downwards. I am in danger of sinking to my knees – or ending up barefoot. Eventually, with considerable frustration and a heavy heart, I admit defeat.
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30 (cont): Tilbury to Gravesend
The light is fading. In my walking boots, and with my rucksack and poles, I stick out like a sore thumb. I do not belong in this area …..
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30. Fobbing to Tilbury
“Or, if you walk into the village, you may be able to catch a bus.”
“I am not allowed to travel by bus,” I tell him.
If he thinks this is a little odd, he is too polite to say so.
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29. Southend to Basildon to Fobbing
I hesitate outside the dark mouth of the gloomy alleyway. For the first time on my whole journey, I feel very uneasy. I am not concerned about tides, or mud, or even snakes. It is the thought of ….. Continue reading
28. Great Wakering to Southend to Leigh-on-Sea
Southend is full of sunlight but I am surrounded by warning signs. I am forbidden from walking along the beach – first by Ministry of Defence warning signs and later by an oil spill. I scratch my insect bites and have some close encounters with blackberry bushes, before becoming trapped in deep, dark stairwell …. Continue reading
26. Burnham on Crouch to Rochford
I am planning to make good progress over the next few days. Who knows, I might even manage to leave Essex. With 350 miles of coastline, Essex has the longest coastline in England. I was not aware of this fact before I encountered its miles of estuaries ….
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Ruth's Coastal Walk (UK) 