The Southwest Coast Path, Britain's longest National Trail, runs 630 miles around the Dorset and Cornwall coasts through some of the most spectacular scenery in Britain.

The path winds over cliffs, past beaches, through fetching little towns and into cow pastures.

My wife is a townie and is therefore wary of animals big enough to kill you by stepping on you. I'm a country boy and used to livestock, but, as such, I know how unadvisable it is to approach a mother feeding her calf. 

This particular meal was taking place directly in front of the gate we had to go through to continue our journey. The only was past would have been to squeeze behind the mother. We opted to wait.

Fortunately it was a warm day and they eventually decided to go for a swim, leaving the gate untended and enabling us to escape.