tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post7295175083469861755..comments2023-10-28T14:39:16.105+01:00Comments on Posie's blog: My Meaty Beefy Big and Bouncy jogging partner...a Limousin BullPosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844732200803572416noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-20768083059500728202011-03-15T10:06:51.404+00:002011-03-15T10:06:51.404+00:00Fennie - I am not sure what Limousin bulls are lik...Fennie - I am not sure what Limousin bulls are like because I have a rule of never going near any bulls...or cows..but he did seem quite docile when Farmer T arrived to collect him, and he did look a bit of a pet chomping away by the trampoline. I don't know of any Salers cows in Scotland, buying them may be difficult here.<br />J - glad you like the header pic, it was two pet lambs from the other year.<br />Milly - same here<br />MMB- I know I thought when I came to live here it would be a slow quiet pace of life, not so...<br />Chris -Rattled my cage too Chris, lovely to catch up with you here.<br />PJ - I am not sure, but I think so, farm life here is very unpredictable <br />Frances - ahh thank you for that lovely lovely comment<br />Maggs - I got the shock of my life when I saw it by the trampoline, and then the cottage people thinking it was our pet...yikes<br />Molly - the calf arrived safely without needing a vet<br />Lottie we have no badgers or moles on the island...now did you say you were wanting a pet bull???Posiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844732200803572416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-56988082054832923852011-03-14T23:09:41.364+00:002011-03-14T23:09:41.364+00:00And that is why I live in Sussex and not the Hebri...And that is why I live in Sussex and not the Hebrides...we very rarely get rampaging bulls although badgers are a bit of a problem...particularly when you have to swerve to miss them when you're late for school...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-76656631186877578822011-03-12T19:19:49.124+00:002011-03-12T19:19:49.124+00:00Posie that bullish encounter sounded really scary!...Posie that bullish encounter sounded really scary! I'm sure you did the right thing using your own common sense. You never know with these animals! Pet bull? Is there such a thing? Hope that little calf arrived safely into the world!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-60460951471329506842011-03-12T16:25:05.681+00:002011-03-12T16:25:05.681+00:00That was really scary - until the bull appeared by...That was really scary - until the bull appeared by the trampoline, at which point I laughed quite a bit. Lims are quite placid and a lovely colour too. But not, perhaps, the ideal jogging partner!Maggie Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047691937064748860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-48022960661066062072011-03-11T02:55:28.537+00:002011-03-11T02:55:28.537+00:00Posie, comments before this one have said what I w...Posie, comments before this one have said what I would have wanted to express.<br /><br />Let me just applaud your bravery, quick thinking, taking a mobile on your morning walk, and ...being so fit and able to move ... really fast, when needed.<br /><br />Your farmer has got a fabulous wife! xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-80612139200553961902011-03-10T22:10:03.125+00:002011-03-10T22:10:03.125+00:00Its never a dull moment up there! Are all Hebride...Its never a dull moment up there! Are all Hebridean Sheep Farms as hectic as this?potterjotterhttp://potterjotter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-89865607445942043692011-03-10T21:20:52.824+00:002011-03-10T21:20:52.824+00:00OMG!!! I will NEVER complain about JRTs, pheasants...OMG!!! I will NEVER complain about JRTs, pheasants or even runaway horses ever again! You win! Love the comment about the pet bull in the garden; not exactly my idea of a pet. Joking aside, I'm glad you were shaken and not stirred by that encounter - it's rattled my cage just reading about it!Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-79734759484094309202011-03-10T20:29:01.606+00:002011-03-10T20:29:01.606+00:00Wow who said country life was quiet or uneventful....Wow who said country life was quiet or uneventful. The way you tell the event leave me quite breathless! Poor you! A surreal picture in my head now a bull taking it easy by the trampoline. <br /><br />Glad that the your school was saved! And is no longer on any list. Long may it last. It sounds like a wonderful place for young people to learn and grow.<br /><br /><br />MBB xThedarkerside73https://www.blogger.com/profile/17474364639142170652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-78312327827197972922011-03-10T19:01:44.427+00:002011-03-10T19:01:44.427+00:00Good job you can run fast! I wouldn't fancy ...Good job you can run fast! I wouldn't fancy going any where near one of those huge bulls.<br />Glad to hear about your beach clean up, so much rubbish is brought in with the tides. <br />Life is never dull at your island.MILLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701141335185294744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-89921181247390313532011-03-10T18:16:02.175+00:002011-03-10T18:16:02.175+00:00OH Posie I am totally out of breath after reading ...OH Posie I am totally out of breath after reading your blog - it must have been heavy going jogging through that bracken - but what wonderful pics - and your header pic is a dream xjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242610125363154651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-40609284246736174372011-03-10T17:37:18.264+00:002011-03-10T17:37:18.264+00:00Well there's an exciting story and you tell it...Well there's an exciting story and you tell it so well. I feel almost as breathless as you must have been.<br />But what are Limousin bulls like? Are the docile and cuddly like Herefords or vicious as fighting bulls? I know Friesians are particularly bad. There's so much weight on a Limousin that I wonder their little legs don't just sink into the ground and I pity the state of your poor lawn. He looks a handsome animal though. Yet a long way from his home in the Limousin. Have you no thought to buy a Salers cow (as my avatar)? They give milk that makes excellent cheese besides having beautiful horns.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-52910261207346587532011-03-10T16:23:20.668+00:002011-03-10T16:23:20.668+00:00Pondside, not as out of breath as I was, I spent m...Pondside, not as out of breath as I was, I spent my run lamenting as to why I ever decided to ditch city life for rural life with a farmer!! Of course once I was safely home all was forgiven, I just wish I had taken a photo of the bull b the trampoline, it really was quite surreal.Posiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844732200803572416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-2679732744095464962011-03-10T16:21:30.303+00:002011-03-10T16:21:30.303+00:00Bayou - the dog took absolutely ages to come back,...Bayou - the dog took absolutely ages to come back, I think he took full advantage of the situation and went off in search of a rabbit hole, having been abandoned by his owner:-)<br />Don't know if I am a whisky legend ha ha but my other half might well be there :-) They are cross sheep, not literally, but a mix of black face and blue face Leicester.<br />Best wishes xPosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844732200803572416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-70965772352167980912011-03-10T14:07:32.869+00:002011-03-10T14:07:32.869+00:00I'm completely out of breath after that! You h...I'm completely out of breath after that! You had an exciting day - way more dangerous than any day in the concrete jungle!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-31950703256677891172011-03-10T12:54:50.629+00:002011-03-10T12:54:50.629+00:00Wonderful telling, dear Rosie :-) What a piece of ...Wonderful telling, dear Rosie :-) What a piece of meat is that - unbelievably strong. How lucky that your parents are living nearby and you could borrow the car. When did the dog come back? P.S. I bought a book called Whisky legends of Islay. Will I encounter you in it? ;-)<br />Cute new photo, those are not hebridean sheep, are they Islay sheep?<br />Continuing my de-clutter now with a big smile on my face. Thank you!bayouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-80062922539384311882011-03-10T11:13:11.219+00:002011-03-10T11:13:11.219+00:00Norma, I am the same as you. I am not happy being ...Norma, I am the same as you. I am not happy being in the vicinity of cows at all. The children and the happy farmer go to feed our Highlanders together and the children clap the Highland bull as he is apparently a 'gentleman', needless to say I never take them up on the offer of going along on the feeding rounds.Posiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844732200803572416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979792592477995756.post-85654685917159700492011-03-10T11:02:37.972+00:002011-03-10T11:02:37.972+00:00Oh Rosie, what an exciting life you lead way out o...Oh Rosie, what an exciting life you lead way out on your island. As one who is rather nervous of cows, let alone a bull, I admire your fortitude. We have a large Charolais cross who has his summer quarters in a field not far from where I live, no way will I use the footpath when he is there, no matter how often I am told he's perfectly safe all the time he's with his cows.Norma Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403421235388770309noreply@blogger.com