Horse riders

[Apollonius]

if we are going for the idea that society can ban things that many find unpleasant or distasteful, then cycling has no future. Tolerate horse sh!t. It's freedom.

 

[Apollonius]

And what is more, since it washes away in the rain, I would like to see a bit more of it. Not stopped raining round here for a week!

 

[hatler]

I'm not but will look out for this. Does it mean the horse is getting a little p*ssed off?

No. It means they're about to poop.

 

[Jody]

No. It means they're about to poop.

Missed the obvious there. Thought it might be a way to tell if they were agitated

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Missed the obvious there. Thought it might be a way to tell if they were agitated

It does, also watch the ears, forward intrigued, happy, back concerned, aggressive

 

[Drago]

Tail up, newspaper, trousers round their ankles, classic sign the horse is about to poop.

 

[Jody]

It does, also watch the ears, forward intrigued, happy, back concerned, aggressive

The horses ears did go back before it started having a stress last week, but I assumed it was trying to listen out for me as I was behind it.

Iv'e always wanted to have a ride on a horse but don't trust that it has a brain and can do what it wants if needs must.

 

[Apollonius]

it has a brain

Debatable in my experience, which is not extensive!

 

[Nibor]

While out for a ride on Sunday we approached a rider from the rear I gave a ping of the bell about 50 metres short of her so she was aware and as i approached closer I asked if it was "safe to pass?" she seemed genuinely overwhelmed that we had taken this much care and was very grateful. My thought is that passing 1/2 a tonne of unpredictable animal demands all the care you can give it.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

My thought is that passing 1/2 a tonne of unpredictable animal demands all the care you can give it.

Must have been a very small horse, but I like your style, I always slow & ask coming from either direction.

 

[Biff600]

Self-propelled glue factories, the sooner we start eating them the better !

 

[Pale Rider]

A horse reared in front of me as I was driving in rural north Yorkshire last week.

I was well back and stayed there.

The young rider hung on then smacked the horse on the top of its head.

I doubt that's in any riding manual, but it worked, and she was suitably grateful to me as I crept past.

 

[hopless500]

I still think they should clean up after them selves are you advising going around every corner a 5 mph in case a horsepoo has been spread across the road. People get fined for dropping a cigarette butt but if you drop 15 kilos of partially digested grass in the street that is ok

So every rider has to go out equipped with a wheelbarrow and fork. Really?

 

[Pale Rider]

Rag and bone men used to have a bucket hanging off the back of the trailer, but I think that was only a courtesy.

No legal requirement for a horse rider to collect the horse's poo, not least because many would struggle to remount without a leg up or a low wall to stand on.

Some farms still have 'mounting walls' - a flight of steps built beside the wall for the rider to walk up.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Some farms still have 'mounting walls' - a flight of steps built beside the wall for the rider to walk up.

Quite a few milestones, particularly in E Yorkshire, also double up as mounting blocks.