24 July and we wanted a safe, peaceful walk. Powburn in the Northumberland countryside what could go wrong?
10 miles of lovely countryside, lots of sheep. I like sheep they run away when you approach them, thats my kind of animal. Cows, we havent had problems with in the past but today a young looking cow or bull ran for us, Mark shouted and it just dug its hooves in and snorted!!
We were near the end of the field going down to cross a small burn and up to a gate. We rushed across the burn and luckily it stopped on the bank. I have been saying for weeks cows are dangerous and today was proven right. I googled it and a couple of people are killed every year by cows crushing them. There is no real advice on how to deal with them other than let your dog run free as its this that normally spooks them.
WE DONT HAVE A DOG ..........
The rest of the walk was lovely, we got lost a little bit after fighting through some head height bramles and prickly bushes but back home in time for some sun-bathing and a glass of Pimms.
I forgot to say we did some 'gathering' today, tasty rasberries (had some with fresh mint in my Pimms) and also found a ear - possibly a sheeps.
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