This might be a daft question and I'm not sure if it's just a UK thing. How likely is it that I would have to walk through a field of cows on the Camino Frances?!
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Agree - you won't have to walk through a field of cows like the UK, but you will have to step to the side of the road when a herd of cows is being taken along the path to/from the fields. There will be a farmer and working dogs involved, everyone focusing on their tasks.
you don't like livestock?
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During my Duke of Edinburgh expedition, a herd of cows ran at us and I've been a bit scared ever since!
Well, a quick internet search and I found this! Wow, cows are more dangerous than I thought. At least the British ones are.During my Duke of Edinburgh expedition, a herd of cows ran at us and I've been a bit scared ever since!
T.S. Eliot was afraid of cows. He wrote a poem about it. It is best to read the poem and about the poem here: It isn't terribly good.This might be a daft question and I'm not sure if it's just a UK thing. How likely is it that I would have to walk through a field of cows on the Camino Frances?!
I'm a little cautious around cows. They are indeed more dangerous than we realizeWell, a quick internet search and I found this! Wow, cows are more dangerous than I thought. At least the British ones are.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...deadly-large-animals-in-britain-a6727266.html
Tell me about it....I'm a little cautious around cows. They are indeed more dangerous than we realize
Wow!!! Must be an angry breedWell, a quick internet search and I found this! Wow, cows are more dangerous than I thought. At least the British ones are.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...deadly-large-animals-in-britain-a6727266.html
No kidding.It isn't terribly good.
Tell me about it....
Great story! Wow!Tell me about it....
Where I worked as a cop in south Texas was a mix of urban and rural. Lot's of ranches and lot's of livestock. Calls in reference to cattle and horses out on the roadways were routine. On one I handled it was a large bull on a county FM road. I found a gate to a pasture that was unlocked and got the bull almost in when he 360'd on me and charged. My only sanctuary was my patrol car and I ran as fast as I could to it and did my best 70's cop show impression jumping up on the hood and slid across (I was a lot younger, faster and leaner then). That slide across the hood of that Crown Victoria literally melted the knees of my polyester uniform pants, ha ha. Fortunately the bull quickly decided I wasn't a threat and trotted down the blacktop, and I last saw him running across an ag field.
Cows, unless they were rank were never much of a problem, but I quickly learned that mature bulls are boss and do what they want to do. I remember moving one back to his pasture and I saw the was a cattle guard on the gravel road and I thought, well heck, I'll never get him in. He reached the guard and jumped it like a deer. So graceful for his probably 2000 pound body. It was cool. Impressive. He then casually strolled back to his ladies who were gathered up watching the whole spectacle.Great story! Wow!
Yup, George is big, is boss and is expensive and I'm sure there will be offspring of George there long after the Spanish sun has set on him.No kidding.
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Never had a problem like that, but a colleague was once stuck for quite some time in a paddock with one wild bull and a very big tree in the centre of the enclosure. The nearest branch was way too high for him to reach and the trunk was too big to make the tree easy to climb. So he had to run around and around and around that tree--pursued by the bull. Eventually the bull lost interest and he could make a bee line for the nearest fence.
Yes. Don't mess with bulls. Even domesticated ones like George here (Below O Cebreiro).
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This might be a daft question and I'm not sure if it's just a UK thing. How likely is it that I would have to walk through a field of cows on the Camino Frances?!
Having grown up on a cattle ranch, I can tell you that cows and steers are not a problem. But standing between a bull and a cow in heat can be dangerous. And while many farmers along the Camino use the path itself from time to time to move cows from one pasture to another, no farmer is dumb enough to move cows and a bull at the same time. In fact, bulls are only allowed around cows for a few weeks each year to make sure all the cows drop their calves in March. So for eleven months a year, bulls are on their own in a separate enclosure without any reason to moved along the Camino.
This might be a daft question and I'm not sure if it's just a UK thing. How likely is it that I would have to walk through a field of cows on the Camino Frances?!
I have a picture of "George" too! He was near O'Cebriero...same guy?Sometimes fences are very welcome by Viranani posted May 24, 2016 at 6:46 AM
Wow, Bool George is big senyor!
I hope he doesn't mind red thingies on pilgrims passing by.
This might be a daft question and I'm not sure if it's just a UK thing. How likely is it that I would have to walk through a field of cows on the Camino Frances?!
No idea. I made it up in the moment. Perhaps we can have a name the bull contest.Is his name really George?
Quite possibly. He was hard to miss--in a paddock right below the albergue at La Laguna, right before O'C.I have a picture of "George" too! He was near O'Cebriero...same guy?
Ferdinand.Perhaps we can have a name the bull contest.
Ferdinand.
He may well be Ferdinand, given how placidly he goes amongst pilgrims and little children....This was our first meeting with the cows and a bull on the Camino.
I know what a mean bull or protective cow can be like, but these Spanish versions are unlikely to bother you.
If we are talking of the same bull (pun not intended), then I submit "Bool George".Perhaps we can have a name the bull contest.
I can't hazard a guess on how to pronounce that. Can we get a phonetic spelling on this please."HUOU"
I can't hazard a guess on how to pronounce that. Can we get a phonetic spelling on this please.
Thank you, but I thought the 'H' is silent in Spanish. Or is this an exception to the rule?HUOU : H in Home , U (both) has the sound of double OO in Good, O in Low.
But, say GO It is easier for you to say and remember.
Thank you, but I thought the 'H' is silent in Spanish. Or is this an exception to the rule?
Only time you might come into contact with cows is on the trail up to La Faba. Other than that you are not even likely to see many. The camino is for the most part made up with agricultural land rather than livestock and dairyThis might be a daft question and I'm not sure if it's just a UK thing. How likely is it that I would have to walk through a field of cows on the Camino Frances?!
That is where I first encountered them but I reviewed my pictures and I have pictures of cows actually loose on the camino in four more locations and I didn't always photograph them when we did pass. I also have a picture of a herd on the camino on the way to Finisterre.Only time you might come into contact with cows is on the trail up to La Faba.
This might be a daft question and I'm not sure if it's just a UK thing. How likely is it that I would have to walk through a field of cows on the Camino Frances?!
We found all the animals on the Camino so accustom to pilgrims they ignored us. Just as friendly buen camino to them as they passed.This might be a daft question and I'm not sure if it's just a UK thing. How likely is it that I would have to walk through a field of cows on the Camino Frances?!
This might be a daft question and I'm not sure if it's just a UK thing. How likely is it that I would have to walk through a field of cows on the Camino Frances?!
Thank you, @Pelegrin. I think I've got it now. Methinks you are a Spaniard, thinking in terms of English pronunciation, and I am an English-speaking person trying to think in terms of Spanish pronunciation. The Spanish 'J' is pronounced like the English 'H' right?Well......except for those English speaking folks who pronounce 'H,' "Haych." Oh dear, this could go on forever.Yes, you are right, the "H" is silent in Spanish and in Galician language. Correct spelling in Spanish would be "JUOU". In Galician language I really don´t know which letter, because I think that "J" doesn´t exist.
How do you put a question of this blog...thanks...EdNot very likely to walk through a field of cows on the CF. It is usually routed alongside fields, not across them. Quite common to come across them on farm tracks and village roads in Galicia though. The track can occasionally be quite smelly and slippery with wet manure. Watch your step!
This might be a daft question and I'm not sure if it's just a UK thing. How likely is it that I would have to walk through a field of cows on the Camino Frances?!
Ed, welcome to the Forum. You simply go to the home page and click on the link that says "start a new thread." Choose an appropriate place to post the question, click on that, and a page will pop up where you write your question.I have a question I would like to ask of this blog...How can I do it...thanks...Ed
Finally had a chance to watch your clip, DP, and this looks like our friend Ferdinand, bringing up the rear.Just before O Cebreiro
He appeared be like Ferdinand, but I wasn't about to test that perception. Boss indeed.
You could say WOE most of the words command words used in ranching in America are based on the Spanish and Portuguese words used by ranch hands. Huou is more like Woe.I can't hazard a guess on how to pronounce that. Can we get a phonetic spelling on this please.
You could say WOE most of the words command words used in ranching in America are based on the Spanish and Portuguese words used by ranch hands. Huou is more like Woe.