MOTORISTS near Oswestry may have blinked twice on Friday (July 29) morning when they spotted a cow on the road.

The bovine had escaped from a nearby field and made its way onto the busy A483.

Luckily, police officers from Oswestry's Safer Neighbourhoods Team were on hand to help.

And they were assisted by a local farmer.

They said via Twitter: "Some disruption on the A483 this morning with reports of an escaped cow.

"Luckily a local farmer has come to assist police in MOOving it along!

"#policingpromise."