Margaret Lees, who runs Park Farm in Walmersley, has been moving her herd of cows across Manchester Road twice a day for decades. A recent angry phone call from a driver complaining about the brief traffic hold caused outrage on social media, with the local community rallying behind the farmer and her tradition.
A farmer was left stunned when an irate motorist blasted their 60-year-old tradition of moving cattle across a road as “inconsiderate” to commuters.
But last week, the brief pause in traffic at 8.30am caused one driver to phone up her farm shop and rage at her employees about the rural practice. After she posted about the incident on social media, she was “overwhelmed” by support from her community – and vowed to keep up the long-standing tradition.Margaret said: “We have been overwhelmed by the public’s response, and the support from the community has been immense. It’s not what we expected.
Margaret said: “We wave the traffic down, the traffic stops, the cows go down the road, and they walk up to the farm shop and into the field. The main road comes through the farm, so it’s a tricky task on the best of days. “He basically said that it’s 'inconsiderate of us' crossing the cows over when its rush hour and people are 'trying to get to work.’"
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