Would you walk across a field alone?

[Summerloverr]

I do quite a lot of walking around my town, and one route involves walking across a field for 5-10 minutes.

I only do this during daylight and while it's usually quiet with no one around, there is the occasional dog walker etc.

But my friend thinks I am putting my line on the line by doing this, and says I am putting myself in danger. He said it's not safe for a lone woman to walk alone across fields.

I know there are news stories about horrible and unfortunate events, but they make the news because it's rare. AIBU to walk across quiet fields alone?

I do frequently, including after dark. The only danger I've ever considered, genuinely, is accidentally treading in cow shit. I honestly wouldn't think twice about anything else. I feel far less confident (although still confident) in a city.

Yes you can walk through a field. I have to all the time ,I had no idea some people would think by doing that I was putting my 'life on the line'.

I call it living and getting from A to B .

The alternatives would be to not go anywhere that doesn't have a path ..or to hire a male chaperone? 🤔

It would not occur to me to be afraid of walking across a field.

No but I have an overactive imagination & am a wuss! I wish I could enjoy a country walk alone rather than only being happy doing them accompanied.

Yeah I probably would 🤷🏻‍♀️

I know a lady who's done the Yorkshire Three Peaks by herself and wild camped at night. In the middle of nowhere.

I walk across fields and through the woods on my own all the time but it's very safe here.

Wouldn't think twice about it, unless there were cattle in the field. I even run in the dark in winter. But I live somewhere where if I saw someone I'd know them.

Why would you not ?

I wouldn't be able to walk home if I didn't! We have a large field adjacent to our drive.
But I also walk across the fields, alone, and with DD (9).
As a PP said. Way safer than the lanes round here.

Yes, of course I would.

Yes, all the time. I must admit I am more cautious about it as I get older.

As a student 20 years ago I wouldn't think twice about doing it on my own coming home from a club in the middle of the night 😬

This has to be the daftest comment I have seen today. Rapists aren't concerned about the age of the woman - it's about the control. Unfortunately it can happen to anyone.

I watch all the time when out and about. You never know how quickly your surroundings can change.

Yeah I would. I don't have reason to now but I used to as a shortcut to an old workplace.

I would think twice about walking on my own through a field that had cows in it, but other than that I would have no problem walking on my own. I walk/hike a lot on my own rurally, often very early in the morning as I enjoy the peace and solitude and I've never felt in danger. I feel more at risk walking around where I live in the city.

What fellrunner (and numerous others!) said, although I tend to leave fields with cows in as I'm a coward!

I walk in fields and in woodland every day with my (small) dogs and would question why anybody wouldn't tbh.

Goodness, men want us all locked up in their homes don’t they?

Yes I have walked across open fields alone all my life, well since my memory has worked. What worries me is enclosed spaces, with little room for manoeuvre.

Yes I would, and do, in the area I live in.

I feel far safer walking through fields and woodlands than I do walking along some of the streets in our town..

Yes I do. I'm not bothered about cattle either.

I do it all the time I would feel more at risk on a street in a town tbh

No. My line of work doesn’t help either.

SO many weirdos about.

I walk my dog alone, through fields, countryside, woodland - in daylight. I try to find places I’m very much alone and often see just one or two people the entire walk. I’ve never felt in danger in the countryside, like I do in the town

Do it all the time with the dog
Lots of fields around where we live never not felt safe

Yes. Of course.