Cattle in field with oak tree - # 08/91
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Traditional, rare breed longhorn cattle (I think they are most likely Scottish Highland Longhorns, but I'm not certain) graze in the parkland of the Duke of Northumberland's great house at Syon, near Isleworth.
This parkland also contains the magnificent glasshouse I showed several days ago.
From Brentford canal docks we cross the River Brent and enter Syon Park. We move from the Industrial Revolution and urban "grey" into the "English Landscape" within little more than 200 metres.
Over the next few days we'll walk from there back along the Thames into Richmond.
Look a bit hefty for the traditional Highland cattle, but I'm no expert. What I do know is that a lot of people confuse the Aberdeen Angus - small black cow delivering the best beef in the world (in my opinion) - with the Hairy Highland Cattle
ReplyDelete@Richard..........yes, I'm suspicious about my allegation that they could be Scottish. But they are fine beasts. I am also a devotee of Aberdeen raised, grass fed beef. I eat it 3 times a week and insist on it exclusively. It is proven to be the finest in the world.
ReplyDeleteThese are true monsters, and the tree looks like it's seen a number of springs...
ReplyDeleteYesterday's photo was brilliant too.
These are those hairy ones aren't they? Our Texas longhorns are short haired. I got to take some pictures of what we have.
ReplyDeleteNice shot. Very fine oak isn't it?
Looks so peaceful. They're beautiful cows...
ReplyDeleteHi Chuckeroon! Nice pictures this week. The cow series is amazing! And the small details guy looks very professional... ;))
ReplyDeleteI'm exploring a new country at Blogtrotter. Enjoy!
Hope you have a great weekend!
I really, really like this picture. We've got a lot of cattle down here in Tasmania, but I can't say that I'm aware of too many of these beauties!
ReplyDeleteThey look so peaceful like Ferdinand the Bull!
ReplyDeleteMagnificient animals and magestic trees. I love this rural scene.
ReplyDeleteI just read something in the news about Britain losing an alarming number of its old heritage trees due to lawyers and fears of liability. Sounds like an American problem. I've never seen these shaggy faced cattle called anything but highland. You might like to do a search of images (brings their captions too) over at www.geograph.org.uk to see what those folks call them. A fellow nicknamed "Fasgadh" is an old cattle man from Hereford now in Scotland, and could tell you what he thinks.
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