Nojomo 11 in Nojomo 2014
- Nov. 11, 2014, 11:47 a.m.
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The most terrifying moment of my life…
I don’t, as a general rule, get terrified. I’m a pretty damned rational person. To be terrified I would actually have to be in a terrifying situation, not a worrying one nor even scary but downright, out and out terrifying.
There are two that I can think of, on different sides of a scale.
In yesterday’s entry I mentioned that I don’t walk through fields of cows. I have walked through many fields of cows in my life until August 1999 when I was out cycling. I saw a short cut through a field, it was signposted as a right of way so I got off the bike and walked through the field. One cow broke off from the rest and headed diagonally towards me, looking to cut me off as I carried on. I didn’t want to run and encourage it to charge as I had a lot of field to cross still. As I almost reached the other side it picked up speed, galloping at me. I don’t remember how I got myself and my bike over the stile, just that it reared up on it’s back legs, only three feet from me.
With the fence between us, I turned to find the owner of the next field hadn’t respected the rules of country Rights of Way, allowing his crops and a huge quantity of nettles to grow across it.
Very angry cow v nettles = very stung legs!
The other. That was the midnight phone call and the terror which existed in what felt like a lifetime between being told that my parents had been in a car accident and finding out that my mum hadn’t made it.
The emotions afterwards cannot be described, but those few moments were pure terror of the unknown.
Last updated November 11, 2014
Deleted user ⋅ November 11, 2014
My heart hurt when you wrote about the car wreck. I am so sorry about your Mom. She raised a wonderful woman in the time you had her.
The Tranquil Loon ⋅ November 11, 2014
Whoa, those are hard times
Deleted user ⋅ November 11, 2014
Jeez. And I usually have cows as very peaceful animals... Thank God the only thing you have to complain after that adventure is the nettles, phew.
Abrazos No me puedo ni imaginar lo que sentiste al recibir esa llamada. Eres una persona muy valiente.
ermentrude Deleted user ⋅ November 12, 2014
Las vacas son hijas de putas! ;-) x
Deleted user ermentrude ⋅ November 12, 2014
Jajajaja xD Lo tendré en cuenta!! :D :D :D
~Twinkle~ ⋅ November 11, 2014
Xxx
thesunnyabyss ⋅ November 12, 2014
seeing a cow rear up would be terrifying,
those late night calls are always the worst,
big hugs
Deleted user ⋅ November 12, 2014
Big hugs xxx
Deleted user ⋅ November 13, 2014
Yikes! I never figured cows for murderous. I guess that one had a beef with you. Ba-DA-bum TCH!
Seriously, though, the night of the accident must have been agonizing for you. I'm sorry you lost your mom in such a dreadful manner.