Lived in the country side for 20 years here are a few cow bull stories 1 out running on a lane I meet a herd of young heffers in road , you know the bolshy teenagers with horns , I jump a gate to to three sides of a square to avoid them , then I notice field has more cows and massive bull in it , the big fella gets to his feet and starts to lumber towards me , I show him a clean pair of heels outflank his mates on road and run home 2 with my wife on banks of Severn woman with dog annoys cows they charge towards us , as they get close I saw to wife we are going to need to jump off 1o foot bank onto a sort of Sandy beach , I jump my wife stands her ground the cows the cows mosey uk to her but turn docile 3 out with wife and German shepherd dog at Rodneys Pillar Shropshire , suddenly loads of cows start menacing us , let dog off lead she runs off , I back a few down then my wife gives me a shout ( we talking again after I left her last time ! ) she tells me to look round a big one is about to give me a nudge , I tell it there is only going to be one winner and that’s me ( maybe ) but it seems she was ready for action some bluffing saved the day 4 out with another club near Llangollen with a group of 15 plus we crossed a field and a large group of cows wandered over for bit of look , one with horns was pretty bullish ( no pun intended ) he backed of but had a mean look in his eye I have been told by farmers to stretch out arms as cows only see the end points , another farmer ex neighbour told me they stop when 5 feet away ( sod that I said that is way too late I d have to lamp it , he laughed as they do , then he said “get orf my land ! ) , if you have a dog let it off the lead it will escape but if not it dies you live not great but better than the alternative. Walking poles are good weapons / they make you look even larger Finally apply extra caution re calves get between one and it’s mother and you can expect trouble