Firefighters were called to help a woman last night who got trapped up a tree near Ripon after escaping cows.

The woman climbed the tree “to escape a herd of cows that had surrounded her while walking through a field”, according to North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report.

The female, who has not been named, was with her dog at the time.

The incident report said Ripon firefighters were summoned to Ure Bank Terrace at Sharow at 6.38pm.

It added:

“Crews moved the cows away from the tree allowing the walker and her dog to leave the field uninjured.”

But that wasn’t the end of the firefighters’ mission. The incident report added:

“On returning to the fire engine crews discovered a vehicle that had gone into a ditch whilst turning round.

“Crews assisted in removing the vehicle from the ditch using crew power and vehicle wedges.”

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