This picture doesn't show how steep the fields on the side of the Stroud Valleys really are, so much so that the local farms have had to breed special cattle to survive in this area.
They all have legs shorter on one side, by about 4 inches, so that they can walk along the hills while feeding. This has been developed over centuries of breed the Stroud Valley Cattle.
They are very similar to the famous haggis in Scotland that have 2 long legs and a shorter leg on the other side. To catch they they are driven by beaters along the hillsides until a Scotsman leaps out from behind a bush causing the haggis to turn round. They are obviously unbalanced and roll down the hill where other people have sacks to catch them in.
Now depending on which way you look, this is either a short story or a very tall-story, you can decide.
