Video of runaway cows in Mid Calder goes viral

RESIDENTS and people familiar with Scotland will no doubt be aware of the classic postcard which has a picture of a flock of sheep on a road with the caption ‘Scottish traffic jam’.

By The Newsroom Tuesday, 30th June 2015, 11:51 am

But what about a herd of cows holding up your morning drive to work?

West Lothian resident Adam Kelly encountered precisely that on his way to work on Monday, posting a short video of the mayhem on a residential street in Mid Calder.

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In the ten-second clip, a number of cows are seen running down a road, closely pursued by a police van and, a little bit behind that, the unlucky farmer, in a chase reminiscent of Benny Hill.

Posted with the caption ‘Couldn’t have asked for a better commute to work this morning’, the video has been shared over 2,600 times and viewed nearly 234,000 times.