This funny picture shows the moment escaped cattle were spotted - waiting for a bus, writes John Bett.

The small herd escaped from a farm and seemed to be sheltering in a bus-stop while they made their bid for freedom.

A passing motorist, Rachel Merrien was surprised to see the cows and paused to take this photo before rounding up the wayward animals.

Soon, helped by other motorists, Rachel had the cows under her control and sh returned them to their home at Smithfield Farm, on the Channel Island of Guernsey.

Rachel said: "Luckily, some other cars stopped to help and we managed to get them towards Portelet,' she said.

"We had to chase after them to see where they had gone as we were not sure if they had gone to the fairy ring, but luckily we heard them run down from a path just up from the beach.

"I thought it would be quite funny to share my evening with my friends on Facebook.

"Little did I know that within 12 hours it would have over 1000 shares and 600 likes giving everyone a little chuckle on a dark December night."