Just walk

[farmerdan7618]

Father often recounts the story of when three herds of milking cows all going out to grass met in the middle of the village at a crossroads.

Was in the early 70's and while they were small herds of 20-60 cows it took a fair sort out!

Walking might not be as easy as first thought!

 

[Cowmansam]

Father often recounts the story of when three herds of milking cows all going out to grass met in the middle of the village at a crossroads.

Was in the early 70's and while they were small herds of 20-60 cows it took a fair sort out!

Walking might not be as easy as first thought!

Bet there was some serious cow fights going on our start scrapping anytime two groups mix

 

[delilah]

Read an excellent book years ago by a chap who recreated the old droves from Skye to, I think, Crieff market. They had to swim them across from Skye, would love to see defra do a consultation on that.
We used to regularly walk cattle past the JCB factory, they would be spooked when they saw their reflections in the one way glass of the offices that could be hairy lol.

 

[farmerdan7618]

Ours walk down the road to grass sometimes, have had a number over the years who don't like the white lines at the junction and will always make sure they jump over them!

 

[KennyO]

18000 head of cattle driven 2000km

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I’m sure there was some guy in Australia walked cattle over a thousand miles from one ranch to another huge numbers of them too bloody impressive may be a few more obstacles here though

didn't they call it the long paddock?

 

[Cowmansam]

didn't they call it the long paddock?

get a few grazing the long acre round the quiet lanes

 

[puppet]

I’m sure there was some guy in Australia walked cattle over a thousand miles from one ranch to another huge numbers of them too bloody impressive may be a few more obstacles here though

In 1904 they took 20,000 cattle 3000km taking 18 months. Lots of other examples but how they knew where to go is unbelievable.

More locally in the 1950s 300 cattle were walked from Castle Douglas market to new grazings 12 miles away.

 

[raymono57]

We had "The Red Tide" in Devon - cattle and sheep driven back and forth between Dartmoor and the South Hams. My grandfather and father used to move sheep on foot from Haytor to the edge of Torbay until the late 1930s.

 

[Al R]

just think of all the old drovers route we could open up again i believe there is a right to drive sheep over one of the bridges in London

I’m sure they used to walk cattle,sheep,pigs and geese from Eglwyswrw to London years ago

 

[glasshouse]

There was a huge cattle drive in oz in 1941 to keep the cattle herds away from possible invading japs

 

[Cowmansam]

In 1904 they took 20,000 cattle 3000km taking 18 months. Lots of other examples but how they knew where to go is unbelievable.

More locally in the 1950s 300 cattle were walked from Castle Douglas market to new grazings 12 miles away.

The logistics of finding enough water for the numbers of animals involved is incredible in itself must have been unbelievably difficult

 

[Cowmansam]

Reckon there wouldn’t be much difficulty shifting a few hundred dairy animals 10 or so miles I’ve done around a hundred a couple miles easily enough don’t rush them and your grand but how they moved hill cattle and walked them dozens of miles to markets I’ve no idea

 

[unlacedgecko]

Reckon there wouldn’t be much difficulty shifting a few hundred dairy animals 10 or so miles I’ve done around a hundred a couple miles easily enough don’t rush them and your grand but how they moved hill cattle and walked them dozens of miles to markets I’ve no idea

Fücking good dogs.

 

[hoff135]

Reckon there wouldn’t be much difficulty shifting a few hundred dairy animals 10 or so miles I’ve done around a hundred a couple miles easily enough don’t rush them and your grand but how they moved hill cattle and walked them dozens of miles to markets I’ve no idea

If they introduce expensive trailer inspections and endless red tape theoretically i could do all my local moves on foot again. Maybe we should all write our mps and just tell them if its to complicated to trailer my cows to grazing the other side of town then they are going right through the centre at peak rush hour!. Ever see the end of the film Chisum?

 

[Cowmansam]

No but now I’m going to have to

 

[Woolless]

If they introduce expensive trailer inspections and endless red tape theoretically i could do all my local moves on foot again. Maybe we should all write our mps and just tell them if its to complicated to trailer my cows to grazing the other side of town then they are going right through the centre at peak rush hour!. Ever see the end of the film Chisum?

'Chisum' is a great film! There's another film where they send cattle through a barricade, forget which one, 'Tell 'em we're coming in, Texas style!' YEEEHAA!!

 

[Cowmansam]

Our milkers spend most there life walking up and down tracks as far as there concerned a roads no different they just plod along you get people gettin irate at a road crossing can you imagine the uproar wandering 300 through the middle of town

 

[windymiller]

Our milkers spend most there life walking up and down tracks as far as there concerned a roads no different they just plod along you get people gettin irate at a road crossing can you imagine the uproar wandering 300 through the middle of town

I think it should be done as a protest if these stupid rules come in, walk em in to the middle of London right to the defra offices.

 

[Cowmansam]

Be some craic