Cows don’t know when it’s a bank holiday

On Saturday May 1st, just as Kevin, our Town Moor Superintendent was packing his Factor 50, about to embark on a wellearned holiday, he was called to Nuns Moor North to investigate a reported incident of cows standing knee deep in slurry.

Kevin and the team, together with Stewards Committee member Chris Atkinson found a serious leak from one of the water troughs. To exacerbate the problem, some of the cattle had trampled the pipes behind the trough in their attempt to avoid the deep slurry and we had one cow escape. Kevin, Chris and the team restored order, removed the slurry and filled with stone and gravel as a temporary measure, allowing water levels to drop until a more permanent solution was put in place. Vice Chair Nick Atkinson attended and reported the incident to the Stewards Committee, ensuring rapid escalation to a more permanent solution.

There’s never a dull moment…