I wish to congratulate you on the article in your November 4 edition regarding the incident when David Billington was severely injured in an attack by a cow.

However, there is one point I feel should be corrected. The final paragraph contains a quote by a spokesman from the Great Western Ambulance Service, in which he gives advice to anyone, “walking at night to take care and consider all possible dangers”.

This is sound advice, but misses the important point in this case that Mr Billington was not walking at night when he was attacked. The attack took place between 6.30 and 7pm, 11 days before the clocks went back and was still daylight.

I am sure the reason the spokesman made his point was that he would have seen from their records that the ambulance was called at 9pm when it was dark.

The reason for this was that Mr Billington lay unconscious in the field for more than an hour, and then managed to struggle to the nearest house in Turleigh, the ambulance service was then called and responded.

I feel this is a very important point to make, as the suggestion that this incident happened at night considerably waters down the general warning to people about the dangers of cattle at any time of day, particularly when they have calves.

T G Phelps, Dane Rise, Winsley.