A group of 18 young Red Ruby Devon cattle went for a five mile adventure on Monday evening (March 30) and walked along Cornwall's longest tunnel.

They broke through two fences before trekking along the haul road, formerly the railway line from Par docks to Fowey docks used by the china clay industry.

The excited cows were undeterred on coming to Pinnock tunnel, Cornwall’s longest tunnel, and made their way through it on their way towards Par.

Farmer and butcher, James Kittow, is the fifth generation of the Kittow family to tend to the land and supply the community with meats from Kilhallon Farm near Par since 1880.

He said: “Fortunately, it is a very rare occurrence indeed that our stock gets out.

"These youngsters had just been put out to graze for the first time, having spent the winter out of the elements in the barn.

"They were safely hemmed in on the haul road so at no real risk of harm but were obviously determined to get up to some mischief.

“Thankfully once we were alerted that they had got out we were able to round them and get them back to their field again near Fowey where they are happily grazing once again, with no ill-effects from their adventure.

“We’re absolutely rushed off our feet supplying our customers for Easter, so we could have spent the few hours rounding these escapees up doing something more productive.

"However, this incident proves that a typical day in the life of a farmer is varied and certainly never dull!”