I wasnt expecting him to be round the corner !
I'm not sure who was more surprised.
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Yikes!
I once "rescued" a woman who had been stuck on a path underneath Black Hill for twenty minutes because of cows in front and behind her on the path... 🙂
Scared sh#tless of cows me!
Sent shivers down me spine that pic! THANKS 😥
how funny is that 🙂
moooo 😆
bunch of sissys! try walking through a filed of Testosterone filled bulls with a bag of feed 😉
Did you tell it to [b]mooooooove[/b]?
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what is it a dexter?
As long as it didn't have horns and was angry.
You don't wear red riding gear I hope!
more singletrackcows 🙂
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zaskar - Member
As long as it didn't have horns and was angry.You don't wear red riding gear I hope!
bulls are colour blind 😉 😆
As I'm actually a farmer meeting him didnt bother me, I just wasnt expecting him to be there (I think he was lost, having just followed the path up hill from where his mates where grazing). He wasnt keen on getting out of the way though, had to walk past him.
jedi - if I hadnt stopped to text you that pic it would have been quite amusing cos I would have been going quicker !!
- aberdeen angus cross I think, normally only see galloways up therewhat is it a dexter?
ooo... im not the only singletrack farmer 🙂
It cud* have been worse, I was chased across a field by sheep a few years back:
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*aaaahahahahahahaaaa (sorry)
that pics not chased thats "ooh a food provider, they must have food for us"
You're lucky it didn't get a taste of you....
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I only get nervous when the beast has antlers...
they look cute and sweet..then they ATTACK....
Taka - Memberoooahhhhhh... im not the only singletrack farmer
Ok no need to live up to the stereotype
Malvern Hills Conservator in disguise? Do they still have the busy bodies telling you not to ride on the ridge?
no busy bodies around at night. But unnervingly the cows like to sleep on the path so night riding where theyre grazing can be fun 😉
[i]But unnervingly the cows like to sleep on the path so night riding where theyre grazing can be fun[/i]
There was a night riding article in MBi many years ago, back in the days when lights were 5W halogens and would last for 30mins. The story was that a group of MTBers out night riding had got to one of the "easy" bits of the trail across a field so they all switched their lights off to save the batteries and went charging off across the field.
Next thing there was a loud thud and a startled MOOOO! as one of the guys rode straight into a sleeping cow. 😀
they often swim the canal to get you round here
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but these are worse
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Now that would be alaamaing.
I'll get my coat (it's the alpacamac)
[neatly avoids lack of Peruvian trekking mammal knowledge with two dreadful puns]
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"We continue to monitor the situation at [b]least once a week[/b] and any roaming animals will be impounded."
Clearly a high priority for the council then......
epicyclo - Member
I only get nervous when the beast has antlers
Incidentally I saw a stag yesterday by the side of the track I was on. It ran off before I could get a photo unfortunately.
Around here they don't dehorn:
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Bushbabies in the trees are also good for eerie eye-shine.
Best "night eyes" experience I had was driving the fell road from Cockermouth to Calder Bridge. There were wild grazing ponies up there and coming round a blind bend at night to see lots of big, round green shining eyes at head height in the woods on the side of the road was a bit weird. For a fleeting moment I thought the aliens had landed 😉
i think it's an Alpaca, their wool is uber expensive
****in HATE those goats with long necks.
i think it's an Alpaca, their wool is uber expensive
It is, my mom however knits Alpaca wool jumpers/cardigans for a woman with an Alpaca farm down in Lynton, North Devon.
Just thought I'd share that with you all.... 😳
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These were spotted on a darkside ride a few miles south of Birmingham
Edit: Can't seem to link these to my facebook pics
Wherever the OP was riding, summer looks like it hasn't reached them yet..
Well the original post was over a year ago
Still doesn't mean it wasn't technically the British summer! 😉
I frikkin hate Cows
Wherever the OP was riding, summer looks like it hasn't reached them yet..
It hadn't, I took that pic in January last year !