Check out this spider web I found in the paddock today.
27th May 2009
I had to taxi Jonathan to rugby tonight and because of this decided to sort the animals out when I got home. Not thinking wisely that perhaps it would be very dark when I got home we left to take Johno. Half way there I received a phone call to say the grounds are still closed and that practice is cancelled. We turned around and made our way home feeling irritated about the waste of time. Fast forward an hour and while sorting the food out at home I recall thinking that the cows must be rather hungry tonight as they were already up for the night. I also remember thinking it was a good thing as I wouldn’t have to call them in like I usually do. I wish I’d thought through what might happen next with a bowl of grain in my hand and two hungry cows! So ignorantly I moved into their section with the feed in my hand. T-bone the black cow came up behind me and knocked my arm quite hard. It was really sore. He was innocently looking for the feed and I received a large bump on my elbow in the process. I immediately moved away fast and both cows ran after me. I realized at that moment my hand was the target. I dropped the grain and threw the scoop the other way. I got such a fright and for the first time was truly afraid of them. They have grown so big and tend to be rather boisterous at feed time. I have a healthy respect for the cows and won’t fall into that trap again. It is best to sort out their feed earlier when they are still out in the paddock as I have been doing in the past. Ah, wisdom comes.
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