article_snippet.sent: A disability badge holder who claimed he could only walk 200 metres ended up in court after council officials noticed a newspaper report recounting he exploits on a 191-mile hike.
article_snippet.sent: he breathless, despite being a keen walker and member of a mountaineering club.
article_snippet.sent: he was exposed when Bedford Borough Council staff read an article in The Westmorland Gazette,  describing how a keen walker had been attacked by cows in Cumbria on the third day of a hike in 2012.
article_snippet.sent: The article, which featured a picture of he dressed in walking gear, told how he was knocked over by four cows in a field at the edge of Shap in Cumbria.
article_snippet.sent: Bedford Borough Council also found he had spent a weekend walking in Wales days before making a blue badge application.
article_snippet.sent: A Bedford Borough Council spokesman said: 'A Bedford Borough Council spokesman was taking part in national walking trips that many able-bodied adults would find difficult. '
highlights_snippet.sent: However, council staff noticed 51-year-old in newspaper report after hike .
  