If An Escaped Bull Crashes Through Your Fence

Just let him swim in your pool to cool off.

The pool was covered at the time so the animal was unable to see the potential hazard, but immediately burst through the canvas and began to splash about in the four-foot deep water.

While neighbours, friends and family crowded round to watch the drama unfold, six firemen from the Fife brigade joined a local vet to help rescue the hapless party animal.

Mr Stewart, a company director, added: “My family and I stood back and let the emergency services do all the work.

“I don’t think they were terribly pleased with us – we stood in the garden with glasses of wine and shouted unhelpful suggestions.”

Mr Stewart’s children Samantha, 12, Lucy, 10, and Finbar, 7, were delighted with their unusual party guest.

He added: “The kids thought it was great. They were a bit disappointed that they didn’t get to have the swim they were planning but they ended up with a much better story to tell their friends.”

Mr Stewart’s partner Gillian runs Acorn nursery from the Kinaldy farmhouse, near St Andrews, but evacuated the children as a precaution.