Just had a bad experience with a horse rider, I live in a area where lots of horse riding goes on and very aware that horses don’t seem to like cyclists I even get a bit uneasy when approaching a horse or get stuck behind them.. i just wait normally.
I had just got on my bike and got about 20 seconds down the road when I met a horse on a bend coming towards me, as soon as I saw the horse rider in view I stopped my bike which by then was to late by then the horse had got spooked and went into a gallop throwing it’s head around with the rider screaming. The horse then went over the road out of control into a 60mile main road which cars managed to stop before she slowly gained control.. I felt there was nothing I could have done I was just riding my bike…. I have be cursed before by horse riders for riding a bike saying we should not be cycling on the road around here because of the horses and but anyone can use the road… it a 30mile two lane road
I had just got on my bike and got about 20 seconds down the road when I met a horse on a bend coming towards me, as soon as I saw the horse rider in view I stopped my bike which by then was to late by then the horse had got spooked and went into a gallop throwing it’s head around with the rider screaming. The horse then went over the road out of control into a 60mile main road which cars managed to stop before she slowly gained control.. I felt there was nothing I could have done I was just riding my bike…. I have be cursed before by horse riders for riding a bike saying we should not be cycling on the road around here because of the horses and but anyone can use the road… it a 30mile two lane road
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