Not too long ago it was common for farmers to lead their sheep across roads to a new paddock. This was a country road as cars had to wait while the farmer drove his sheep across.
I too remember this. ** years ago on my way to Wakefield on the bus to the hospital where I did my radiography training. Got stopped at the next village many, many times. “Sorry I’m late, sheep/cows held up traffic!’
They used to be driven past my house when I was tiny, occasionally one would escape up the footpath and scare the daylights out of me. I was only 3 or 4 at the time and they seemed huge!
