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Hahaha, I remember that stretch from Las Herrerias up to O'Cebreiro on that narrow high walled or deep cut into the ground path. I was so damn fast just hoping I wasn't meeting a herd of cattle. Most possible my fastest uphill walk on any CaminoThis morning I'm sitting in La Faba enjoying a five minute break and wow out of no where 7 bulls come strolling down the street 10 feet from me.
Wasn't concerned until 1 looked my way and started walking towards me.
No than a few seconds passed until his handler whacked him on the butt to get back in line. Pretty cool I must say
Oh yeah. You are right. I lost count of the number that walked past me this morning in FonfriaYou might expect more encownters from here on.
Ouch!You might expect more encownters from here on.
Doug - 'love it! You're in top form!You might expect more encownters from here on.
Just so newbies don't become alarmed, I doubt very much that they were bulls. Bulls cannot be controlled with a stick. And certainly no farmer could handle more than one without help. They were just cows. They too can sport horns.This morning I'm sitting in La Faba enjoying a five minute break and wow out of no where 7 bulls come strolling down the street 10 feet from me.
Wasn't concerned until 1 looked my way and started walking towards me.
No than a few seconds passed until his handler whacked him on the butt to get back in line. Pretty cool I must say
If you walk VDLP you will most certainly be walking amongst some bulls. Not "toro bravo" but intact male mooos.Just so newbies don't become alarmed, I doubt very much that they were bulls. Bulls cannot be controlled with a stick. And certainly no farmer could handle more than one without help. They were just cows. They too can sport horns.
The last thing I wanted to do was alarm anyone. Personally I thought it was cool.Just so newbies don't become alarmed, I doubt very much that they were bulls. Bulls cannot be controlled with a stick. And certainly no farmer could handle more than one without help. They were just cows. They too can sport horns.
You step aside quietly and calmly as you would for their female counterparts. If they are out where pilgrims are known to walk they are not an issue (unless frightened). No farmer is interested in having one of their animals injur anyone.You have alarmed me. I am starting from St Jean Pied de Port on 27 August and this is the first I have heard about encountering bulls on the trail. I expect cows and am okay with that but what do I do if I come across a bull or, even worse, bulls?
Hi, Gromit, welcome to the forum,You have alarmed me. I am starting from St Jean Pied de Port on 27 August and this is the first I have heard about encountering bulls on the trail. I expect cows and am okay with that but what do I do if I come across a bull or, even worse, bulls?
Thank you for the reassurance. Of course, you are right. I just panicked for a minute. This is my first Camino which I am doing to celebrate my 70th birthday on 31 August and now that it is getting so close, I am getting a little nervous, but we have always walked and have been training for it for the past 18 months, so should be okay.Hi, Gromit, welcome to the forum,
This thread from a few years ago might help, but I don't think alarm or panic is in order. As Anemone says, no owner of a "toro bravo" (the kind that charge) is going to leave one roaming free -- too much potential liability, and too big of an investment for the owner.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/crossing-bull-enclosures.28418/
Gromit, you will be just fine. Better than that: you will have a wonderful time. And happy b-day!Thank you for the reassurance. Of course, you are right. I just panicked for a minute. This is my first Camino which I am doing to celebrate my 70th birthday on 31 August and now that it is getting so close, I am getting a little nervous, but we have always walked and have been training for it for the past 18 months, so should be okay.
I agree. Besides, cattle in groups are likely to be a milking herd - a farmer only ever needs one bull, and modern artificial insemination does away with even that. The chance of seeing anything but cows on the roads is going to be extremely small.Just so newbies don't become alarmed, I doubt very much that they were bulls. Bulls cannot be controlled with a stick. And certainly no farmer could handle more than one without help. They were just cows. They too can sport horns.
I agree. Besides, cattle in groups are likely to be a milking herd - a farmer only ever needs one bull, and modern artificial insemination does away with even that. The chance of seeing anything but cows on the roads is going to be extremely small.
Not so much going extinct, but supporting our food chain as meat rather than by producing milk.Poor males going extinct due to AI. Let us start a save the bulls campaign.
My cow/bull encounter happened so fast I didn't have time to think. Approaching Samos I had just reached the stretch where you can look down on the monastery and was ambling along quite happily. I became aware of lots of mooing and the increasingly loud sound of hooves !! Suddenly over the noise I heard a voice behind me yelling - I've no idea what, but I suspect it was something like " look out - move, MOVE !!"This morning I'm sitting in La Faba enjoying a five minute break and wow out of no where 7 bulls come strolling down the street 10 feet from me.
Wasn't concerned until 1 looked my way and started walking towards me.
No than a few seconds passed until his handler whacked him on the butt to get back in line. Pretty cool I must say
Ya know, they used to tell hikers in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to wear bells, it alerted Grizzly Bears of someone approaching and therefore did not startle them.I carry a small bell. (This top was given to me by a cow farmer) ring the bell and bulls disperse from the area. The mean bulls/cows are marked by wearing a bell. No debate. It works.
Any sound alerts a bear! My bear bell still dons my pack. Now it has a magnet to silence it when i want to have dinner company. I think bears dont eat bells or cameras. Lol. But the cows/bulls move with the bell sound. You need to try it to believe. EOS end of story. Have a beary nice day!Ya know, they used to tell hikers in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to wear bells, it alerted Grizzly Bears of someone approaching and therefore did not startle them.
But then they started missing tourists, and finding bells in Grizzly dung.
Turned into dinner bells I guess.
Close enoubters. Had severals days of sharing the road with small herds. I thought it odd to be late morning but realized that they were going from milking shed at home to a field somewhere else. Perhaps late spain evenings meant a.m. milking happened later than in the states ?
Had to watch toes cause these guys didnt care where i was but perhaps it all was non scary with cows and not bulls
Count me in too!You might expect more encownters from here on.
"Cownt me in!" Darn spell checker hurts my punningCount me in too!
I encountered a down-hill moving heard of bulls in that crevice. I had nowhere to go and realized there was metal fencing up one of the high walls. I turned into spider woman and climbed a wall and hung there till the herd was almost done. When one of the bulls tried to motion toward me the herder communicated with the herding dog to bark in the bulls face. It was a total nightmare and no joke thought it would be the end of me. Glad I lived to tell the tale.Hahaha, I remember that stretch from Las Herrerias up to O'Cebreiro on that narrow high walled or deep cut into the ground path. I was so damn fast just hoping I wasn't meeting a herd of cattle. Most possible my fastest uphill walk on any Camino
NewYorkerOnTheCamino,I encountered a down-hill moving heard of bulls in that crevice. I had nowhere to go and realized there was metal fencing up one of the high walls. I turned into spider woman and climbed a wall and hung there till the herd was almost done. When one of the bulls tried to motion toward me the herder communicated with the herding dog to bark in the bulls face. It was a total nightmare and no joke thought it would be the end of me. Glad I lived to tell the tale.
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