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Post by mandal on Jan 3, 2012 13:42:25 GMT 1
The arguements put forward were for the problems caused to wheelchair users, pushchairs etc... But the mounted force ride on the roads!?! One very confused peep here... Ditto.
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companymagic
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Post by companymagic on Jan 3, 2012 13:48:35 GMT 1
In MK we have things called Red-ways (Not sure if anywhere has them ?), which is what the complaints were about.
They are for everything but motorized things, so bikes, people on foot and I believe horses are allowed to use them.. But don't quote me on that one.
Its such a shame as we have a great network of bridles way all the way through our city, taking you around the villages and all over the countryside.
However they do go through in parts some of these estates, and last time I went out riding that way I got asked by a group of kids "giz us a go on your 'orse" and when told politely no I got chased and things chucked at me!!
So I certainly won't be leaving my horse poo on the red-ways again anytime soon.... I would that thought people would like to see horses out and about, just goes to show how much the times have changed.
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Post by Dragonmaster on Jan 3, 2012 15:09:48 GMT 1
One of the arguments I had was via Faceboook with an unknown motorcyclist. He said it could make his bike slip. But he said it rather violently. He was one of those 'horses dont pay road tax...' types. To a certain extent I can see his point, but the same would apply if there was a lump of mud on the road & it was wet. Drivers & cyclists, motor or pedal, need to be aware of any potential hazards.
My back garden soil is now covered in a nice layer of fresh horse manure to mature over winter ready for the vegetable growing in spring.
But I think a lot of it comes down to the fact that the majority of the population have lost any concept of the natural world, apart from pretty pictures of sweet foxes & badgers on Springwatch, and do not understand the difference between 'manure' produced by wholly grass eating animals and excrement produced by animals that eat meat as all or part of their diet. People say poo is poo, but that is not the case, it all depends on the animal. Horse manure is just re-cycled grass.
On another note, in towns where there are a lot of horse drawn carriages they do have a poo catching contraption. I've seen them in Luxor & Aswan. However I think this is more because of the volume of manure there would be when there are so many horses in the town.
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Rik
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Post by Rik on Jan 4, 2012 9:47:58 GMT 1
Plenty of carriage horses with Poo catching devices due to By Laws iirc been going on for years. You can see the device to catch it behind the horse, in front of the carriage in this picture from Great Yarmouth.
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Post by marsayy on Jan 5, 2012 17:57:04 GMT 1
To be honest some folk are just not country folk, police horses are doing a job leave them alone, but for us general riders if my horse poops in a drive way as I've got out the way of a car or somewhere where I might think would cause offence such as outside the village shop then I jump down and kick it too the gutter, just to be polite. Some people who have not been brought up with horses don't realise that it's not like dog poop and I think we should be more tolerant ourselves if we want to forge good relationships with people.
How many people can remeber the rag and bone man, probably only us over 40 or the coal man with a horse, again probably the over 50's so it's no wonder people see horses as a poop machine that get in the way of cars!!
To the person who refused the kids a go on the horse, only you were aware of the situation but I tend to ride over to them, let them pet the horse and on occasion let them have a sit on whilst I hold the reins, often the insults and chucking of rubbish is just immaturity and the only way they can show they're frustration and probably envy, not getting at you but somewhere we have to build trust and understanding.
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