Ruth Livingstone
My book: Walking the English Coast
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Killer Cows: Cattle Safety
Are more field exits a solution to escape from aggressive cattle?
Report: 1243 Date: 14/5/26 Location: The incident happened on the Dales Way. In the field between the railway line on Lambrook Beck and the Beck houses. This field is in the Dales Way between Sedbergh and Burneside. Rajiv’s post: We were walking on a public footpath on the Dales Way when our path was blocked […]
Cows and walkers – no dogs, but walks spoiled
We published a post recently about being careful while planning new walking routes for fear of meeting cattle Ensuring Safety on a Walking Holiday: Cattle Management – Cattle Safety . This fear is not unusual, and is well founded, we have hundreds of reports where walkers have been frightened or hurt. Below are three recent […]
Cyclist on bridleway threatened by cattle
Report number: 1244 Date: 15/5/26Location: Greywell Hill Estate. Nr Odiham Hampshire. ///reverses.motel.ambitions 1 person no dog Graham’s report: “I was following the bridleway on a bicycle. The cows were 50 yards away from me, I was moving away from them when they came running towards me. Aggressively charging me, pawing the ground with their hooves. […]
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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
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
260 West Kirkby to Birkenhead
I start from the quiet resort of West Kirby, plod along one of the longest promenades I have ever encountered, before descending into the bowels of Birkenhead. Continue reading
259 evening – Hilbre Island
The rocks here are very red – the Wirral’s own version of Ayers Rock. But is the tide coming in faster than I can run? Continue reading
259 Heswall to West Kirby
I meet a horse in a Mackintosh, resist an ice cream van, and walk on water… well, almost. Continue reading
258 Neston to Heswall
The footpath follows the line of the coast, but the sea is now a green expanse of marsh. Continue reading
257 pm Neston to Parkgate
I battle through reeds and long grasses, before reaching a seaside resort that is no longer by the sea. Continue reading
Ruth's Coastal Walk (UK) 