Never have a humane killer around when you want one,feck them all off to the glue factory I say
Give Horses a Wide Berth
- Thread starter rce
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Its a problem round here, bloody kids that have no road sense, the rider in the clip could have got out of the way several times to let other traffic past. Pure bloody ignorance, most of them don't even say thanks after you've done everything possible to help them stay on.
Good patience RCE, even though he/she shouldn't have put that horse in that environment. I actually think it's the riders that should go to the glue factory, not the horses
Good patience RCE, even though he/she shouldn't have put that horse in that environment. I actually think it's the riders that should go to the glue factory, not the horses
rce
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I think the engine noise wasn't helping the horse calm down, as for distance, the camera has a narrow field of view so compresses distance, the view from Google Car puts it in a bit better perspective, I stopped at the Slow and the horse was near the 4x4 http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&h...hGF6687liVB7y-A1nnJhzw&cbp=12,344.97,,0,17.58
I do have to be careful with the F650GS passing horses because of the pop you sometimes get on overrun (I always dip the clutch to prevent engine braking giving a pop), lots of my local runs involve coming across horses, this one was certainly "on the edge" when it comes to being ridden alone on the road.
I believe that often when you get two horses next to each other the horse nearest the curb is being taught to use the road with the outer horse providing a calming influence.
Thanks guys for the kind words about my care too
Horses
Just came across this thread,
Laughed at a couple of replies and then it just confirmed what I had already suspected:
Some of the comments made in same vein as car drivers against motorbikes / cyclists, so several of you can only be selfish bigoted boors, no matter what your mode of transport.
Maybe part of test should involve cycling / motorbike / horse appreciation?
I have ridden motorbikes daily since 1980, have car and just done HGV, for horsebox, and took up horse riding just a couple of years ago.
I have encountered every one of your silly comments and always believed motorcyclists were above that, given the level of road craft needed.
However, It is only 10% that of controlling a horse.
Any one of you clever comment merchants are welcome to ride over on your bike and I will let you try one of my horses...... if your up to it.
~ "how hard can it be?"
Just came across this thread,
Laughed at a couple of replies and then it just confirmed what I had already suspected:
Some of the comments made in same vein as car drivers against motorbikes / cyclists, so several of you can only be selfish bigoted boors, no matter what your mode of transport.
Maybe part of test should involve cycling / motorbike / horse appreciation?
I have ridden motorbikes daily since 1980, have car and just done HGV, for horsebox, and took up horse riding just a couple of years ago.
I have encountered every one of your silly comments and always believed motorcyclists were above that, given the level of road craft needed.
However, It is only 10% that of controlling a horse.
Any one of you clever comment merchants are welcome to ride over on your bike and I will let you try one of my horses...... if your up to it.
~ "how hard can it be?"
Missing the point old chap - horses look wonderful galloping around a field.
But surely its a tad selfish and cruel to put a horse through the torment of heavy traffic on a public road.
Buy a horse, ride a horse and enjoy it but let the poor creature enjoy itself too away from cars/bike/trucks et al.
BTW Last time I rode a horse I was thrown off...feel safer on a motorcycle
But surely its a tad selfish and cruel to put a horse through the torment of heavy traffic on a public road.
Buy a horse, ride a horse and enjoy it but let the poor creature enjoy itself too away from cars/bike/trucks et al.
Sorry, believe it is you missing the point,
Sometimes to get from one path to another you need to use the road, equally not everyone has access to fields and bridle paths etc.
"Torment of roads and traffic": ever seen a police horse operating?
We are all supposed to be equal and considerate of other road users. The original post was spot on in his actions.
Your comments only confirm my original post.
Buy a horse, ride a horse and enjoy it but let the poor creature enjoy itself too away from cars/bike/trucks et al.
Sorry, believe it is you missing the point,
Sometimes to get from one path to another you need to use the road, equally not everyone has access to fields and bridle paths etc.
"Torment of roads and traffic": ever seen a police horse operating?
We are all supposed to be equal and considerate of other road users. The original post was spot on in his actions.
Your comments only confirm my original post.
Of course he was spot on in his actions - I may dislike horses but I wouldn't so cruel as to scare them whitless on a motorcycle. They get the widest possible berth from me at all times. I respect the horse not the selfish chap/chapess on top who deems it 'fun' to ride on a busy road.
Police horses?
Oh come on...they're highly trained police equipment used to disperse, reassure and scare. Surely your steed isn't that trained.
Horses on a bridlepath
No issue there at all its the poor horses subjected to the traffic and noise I feel sorry for. If you haven't got the land to exercise a horse why buy one?
Vanity?
Police horses?
Oh come on...they're highly trained police equipment used to disperse, reassure and scare. Surely your steed isn't that trained.
Horses on a bridlepath
No issue there at all its the poor horses subjected to the traffic and noise I feel sorry for. If you haven't got the land to exercise a horse why buy one?
Vanity?
Anyway back to the OP...
I don't think there was much more you could have done there.
Was there a moment or two when you thought you're bike and the horse would be becoming one with you sandwiched in the middle?
I don't think there was much more you could have done there.
Was there a moment or two when you thought you're bike and the horse would be becoming one with you sandwiched in the middle?
Brave lady on the horse.....................three cheers for her
It's fecking scary up there on a wayward horse
She was very good,calm and experienced rider
Well done to rce, you did ace
More horses I say, lovely animals.........................can't beat a girl in jodphurs
It's fecking scary up there on a wayward horse
She was very good,calm and experienced rider
Well done to rce, you did ace
More horses I say, lovely animals.........................can't beat a girl in jodphurs
bodie
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Hi, just read all posts and find some a bit narrow minded with an ever increasing population on this tiny island. We are all going to meet with people with different hobbies and a bit of patience as shown in the video is great, as a bike and horse rider the main danger are usually car drivers, safe in their air bag bubble seem to be oblivious to the world around them You in my view did everything correctly the car driver with no idea as usual, started to move giving the horse even less room, if you had been nearer the curb the car behind probably would have just overtaken you, which has happened a couple of times recently, car behind slows and gives you room only to be overtaken by the twat behind him who then sees you and hits the brakes. I've never found a problem with motor bike riders finding them more aware of their surroundings and either stopping or slowing whether on road or green lane. However, with some of the posts on here I've maybe been lucky you dont ride on the lanes i use to ride my horse .We ride our horses on the road quite simply because there often is no other option, with our wet climate off road is not an option in winter unless very lucky. As for insurance most responsible owners will have this and why not when your horse is maybe worth thousands of pounds. We can all enjoy the country and instead of being a miserable TOSSER just see the episode as part of the adventure, as for the ****** who wants us to pick the poo - up its brill for the roses. Get a life for gods sake. ROB
chad
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+1 the rider hads loads of opportunity to pull the horse off the road and didntIts a problem round here, bloody kids that have no road sense, the rider in the clip could have got out of the way several times to let other traffic past. Pure bloody ignorance, most of them don't even say thanks after you've done everything possible to help them stay on.
Good patience RCE, even though he/she shouldn't have put that horse in that environment. I actually think it's the riders that should go to the glue factory, not the horses
Dean
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bodie
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dragons in hedgerows
REGIONAL in our area killer dock leafs or the blind jenny wren that when flying from the hedge could fly up your nostril ,Avoid at all costs
REGIONAL in our area killer dock leafs or the blind jenny wren that when flying from the hedge could fly up your nostril ,Avoid at all costs
rce
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Is this a fact
Clearly says here
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Dean
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I thought swmbo's mum hailed from east London 
No one was hurt. You were both enjoying your hobby. The only thing you could have done different was to not leave the house that day
And as for the offer of riding a horse... No bloody thanks. They do see dragons (or something similar) in the hedgerows.
Wimmin in jodhpurs?? MMMMmmmm
And as for the offer of riding a horse... No bloody thanks. They do see dragons (or something similar) in the hedgerows.
Wimmin in jodhpurs?? MMMMmmmm
Thank you for being such a considerate road user, you acted in the best way, stayed still and quiet a safe distance away.
I agree that the horse was spooked by a monster in the hedge, it was pure ambush country; one track, high hedges, no place of safety (other than from where it had come) so a perfect place to trap your lunch and the low sun creating shadows and flickering light in the hedge wouldn't have helped.
If the first car had not have come so close then I doubt if the horse would have gone sideways down the road, it was close enough to get into the safety zone the horse had just created for itself and so 'threaten' the horse again and so the horse created another safety zone by moving back down the road... simples if you think about it.
Rider was good too, stayed calm, any screaming and shouting, hitting horse with stick just escalates the state of heightened anxiety into panic. As does honking horns, revving engines and shouting abuse from a wound down window.
Well ridden you. Or was it well stopped
A good post, nice to see it doesn't always end in tears.
I agree that the horse was spooked by a monster in the hedge, it was pure ambush country; one track, high hedges, no place of safety (other than from where it had come) so a perfect place to trap your lunch and the low sun creating shadows and flickering light in the hedge wouldn't have helped.
If the first car had not have come so close then I doubt if the horse would have gone sideways down the road, it was close enough to get into the safety zone the horse had just created for itself and so 'threaten' the horse again and so the horse created another safety zone by moving back down the road... simples if you think about it.
Rider was good too, stayed calm, any screaming and shouting, hitting horse with stick just escalates the state of heightened anxiety into panic. As does honking horns, revving engines and shouting abuse from a wound down window.
Well ridden you. Or was it well stopped
A good post, nice to see it doesn't always end in tears.
Horses are prey animals they do not go and investigate things that spook them they back or run away from them. Whatever it was that spooked the animal it was in front of it not behind it. Horses are not the sharpest tools in the box and as someone has already said it could have been something as simple as Wren in the hedgerow, when my ex missus used to take our horse out on the road the fecking fool was very wary of manhole or drain covers if they were in the middle of the carriageway and would often baulk at them, if they were on the side adjacent to the verge they didn't cause a problem.
Both horse and wife long gone now.................really miss that horse
