The peach tree standing so close to the fence was giving me grey hair, as every bit of cattle, horses and sheila's goats were having a go at it! I was shoo-shooing the whole day, as it was the only tree whose peaches ripened at this time, and it was also the most delicious of all the trees.
I had to go out to get my tablets from the clinic , but as there was a whole troupe of cattle busy eating away again on the peach tree, it was hard for me to get out, seeing that the moment I opened the gate, the whole lot would be inside in a second!
I decided to go out the small gate, and chase them away with the big hose, as no matter how loudly I bellowed, this lot was not going to move. What I failed to notice that the whole lot were young bulls, including the one that gave me quite a scare before. So I opened the irrigation intent on blowing this lot away like I did with the goats the other day, and as the water pressure was extremely strong, I was kind of shaken around like a leaf in the wind, (almost), but managed to get the scare the lot into ambling away.
They were not giving up though, as just when I had closed the water again, the whole lot came back, and I became a wee bit upset, as the pills could only be got between ten and twelve, and I had to get them.
Again I opened the water, and the whole lot left again, all except the young stroppy bull that wanted to attack me before. I stood my ground, but my heart was pumping wildly, as this thing just kind of stuck his nose in the air, and stormed!
The water did not scare him the second time round, and after a desperate attempt to give him a full shot in the face, I sprinted back to the safety of my yard, wondering how on earth I was going to get my car out. The young bull stood blowing bubbles of rage, pawing wildly at the soil, and his eyes scared the last bit of bravado out of me.
I decided to give him another water blast, as I was in quite a state, and after some heavy breathing and headshaking, the bull decided to call it a day. I think he realized that his buddies were already some way down the road, and maybe he did not have such a lot of guts without back-up!Mmmm! Don't think so!
I made sure that the cattle were out of sight before I opened the gate.
The roaming cattle of the villagers are a problem sometimes, as they just step into the roads in front of oncoming cars, and there had been already a lot of accidents, some serious.
I was coming from Uniondale one early evening not so long ago, and it was just getting dark. There was a bend in the otherwise straight road, and on coming into the bend, there were three horses standing sleeping right bang in the middle of the road. Gave me a huge scare, as I had to swerve wildly, and if I was driving faster I would have hit them!