Cheddar Gorge & Long Wood Spring Re Visit, Part 10, 'A Massive Horned Goat' by Sheila, May 2017
Channel: semw52
Date: 2017-05-11

I had just walked through a field of small goats, mums with their baby goats, some goats with horns BUT BUT a little later  just after crossing over a stile I saw a larger goat and decided to take his photo and THEN something caught my eye----I thought it must ne the horns of a cow BUT NO it was a pair of absolutely Massive horns of a huge Billy Goat Gruff----the locals do have a name for him in the village------I could not believe my eyes--I have never seen such horns on a goat before especially around Cheddar I decided to go back over the stile and try and take a few close up photos---I was nervous--if he decided to charge I would have to run very fast--so nervously I  approached at a safe distance----------a local man told me a story about Cheddar Goats and said they were not always indigenous to Cheddar but the result of a drunken farmer  following a game of poker---while the farmer slept the goats escaped up the gorge and he never got them back----even now the goats will nibble the villagers flowers displayed outside the shops---cheeky goats......