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Originally Posted by toddy
I could understand if they had got into a field of freshly planted crop but a field with cows is just ridiculous.
I have had horses escape before and never had to pay any costs but who does the field belong to and whose fence is it.
As someone has said if you are insured for public liability then they will pay out although excess is usualy quite high.
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The fence separates my field from his. Technically speaking, the fence was built by the previous owners who owned my house. They had put it in I believe because the old fence was barbed wire, and far too dangerous for horses. I suppose it would actually be mine then?
I hate problems! I might take up the idea of doing it myself. I believe I have a few posts in the shed actually and then just give him a bottle of whiskey as my apology.
I am upset by how he reacted. I mean I was completely and utterly devastated and apologised again and again to him as best as I could only to have it thrown back in my face; he wasn't having any of it. At the moment, he is still waiting for my reply, and I have installed thick electric fencing to bar it off from my horses. I just don't want to have to give £150 to a man who shouted at me after I had apologised immensely and who swore at me for the damage to the cow's field. I just don't know, some farmers give the others a bad reputation.