Posted 2/9/2019 12:33 (#7308962 - in reply to #7308789) Subject: RE: Ever had this happen?
North of London
Not a field but a 'temporary' phone line was strung across a fence and yard in town.
after 2 years the owner 'accidentally' cut the wire doing some gardening.
They replaced the wire properly shortly after that and removed the 'temporary' fix.