“HOW the calf survived five days is beyond belief, it just shows miracles do happen and you should never give up hope.”
Those are the heart-warming words of a farmer’s wife who has spoken of her joy after a new-born calf found its way out of a huge hole after all hope had been lost.
The definition of a miracle is a “very lucky event that is surprising and unexpected”.
And that could not be more apt in the case of Jeanie, a three-day-old calf who somehow made it out of an eight-foot ditch.
Jean and Peter Pearson, who run Cliff Hollins Farm in Oakenshaw, feared the worse when even the fire brigade was unable to free the calf despite their best efforts.