The trouble with this scenario is that you have to stop, but if you stop they all think you're the farmer bringing food, so they run towards and surround you, with much bleating and expectation.

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actually it's simple extortion

@GetCarter The benefit of not stopping is abundant kebabs.

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Me, when I expect a meal.

@zenbeater @GetCarter it could start by eating the grass it's standing on.
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If they’d just stop in the passing place you would get past 😏
@GetCarter Wales?
> Wales?

No, I'm pretty sure they're sheep :P
@GetCarter Should you carry hay, and fliΓ±g it off to the side of the road?
@GetCarter We have a wild cat who visits every day and hisses at us to get his food (meows only if we are not fast enough). Also, a duck couple that waddle over for their ration, they have moved in lately and live on the pond. With the large amount of frogs, we also have a noisy chorus 24 on 24. πŸ’“
@GetCarter Obviously, they should back up to the passing place, but I've never succeeded in convincing sheep...

@GetCarter On various "roads" in Scotland and Iceland, I've seen the benefits of fencing off the roads at risky spots:

The fences prevent the sheep from getting off them (apparently, the other direction works just fine).

@larsmb I'm so curious why's that? Is that because the sheep can run a bit on the grass before jumping over the fence but don't have the run-up distance from the road side? Or is it the asphalt vs grass thing?
@larsmb or do they come and go all the time and getting stuck randomly but it only matters when they're stuck on the road side

@joandaro I really have no idea. I'm also not an expert on herding sheep.

I was also being a bit snarky since despite the fences, there were always sheep on the roads as well, so one always had to drive as if there could be, because there would be.

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Those are the sheeps of Mordor!
They are coming to eat YOU!

@GetCarter You're the only one with a horn...

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"Whose street?"

"MEEEEEH"

@GetCarter We had the same with a herd of sanglier, which IMO is much more worrying than a herd of sheep.
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You'd need a sort of snowplough to nudge them aside as you edge forward.
@GetCarter Lol cows do the same thing! πŸ˜…
@GetCarter That's not the trouble, that is the joy!

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> much bleating and expectation

My new tombstone

ewe have alot going on there.

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"Where do you keep your fresh hay?"
-- Man on the Inside, Season 2

@GetCarter No, the trouble is that the sheep are ignoring the sign.

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Well, they are Sheep Detectives.

@GetCarter The solution is simple. Get out of the car, chivy them back past your car, and then get back in and drive on. It just needs you to realise that you are not trapped in your car.

@GetCarter And perhaps, if you were to offer food, they would never leave you. πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

It got me curious re. what snack sheep would enjoy and found this. https://www.newlifeonahomestead.com/things-sheep-can-or-cannot-eat/

88 Things Sheep Can Eat and 62 They Can't [PDF Checklist]

Sheep cannot east anything. We give you a few dozens suggestions of things they can eat, and a few more dozen of things they cannot.

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