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Anyone catch that bloody stupid program on driving on the beeb tonight ?
It said 3000 accidents involve animals (mainly horses) on country roads every year - not that any of us are surprised, are we ?
I'm itching to start a campaign to ban horses from public roads (and the private road we live up !!).
After all there's no licience or requirements to ride a horse on the road, I doubt most of them have any 3rd party insurance either. And a new menace on our local lanes is pony traps - stupid carts that take up most of a lane but only go at a few mph !!
(This topic normally get's you all going)
It said 3000 accidents involve animals (mainly horses) on country roads every year - not that any of us are surprised, are we ?
I'm itching to start a campaign to ban horses from public roads (and the private road we live up !!).
After all there's no licience or requirements to ride a horse on the road, I doubt most of them have any 3rd party insurance either. And a new menace on our local lanes is pony traps - stupid carts that take up most of a lane but only go at a few mph !!
(This topic normally get's you all going)
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flasher, myself and our respective ladies went for a meal at a very nice country pub, trouble was there was a stable opposite and the whole street was knee deep in horse shit, it was like being back in medieval britian. If it was dogshit then there would be hell to pay
Did yer fill the boot of the Griff for yer roses tho' Apache?
Burbling through the village the other day with a mate's girlfriend in the TVR (a nurse - say no more), lovely day, roof down, when we came across one of those four legged creatures causing havoc with the traffic in the middle of the road.
Because of the general chaos it was causing, we found ourselves temporarily stopped squarely behind the horses backside, which offered itself above said lady's head. Horror of horrors, the tail lifted, and for a split second I had visions of 20 pounds of horse shit spilling over the most attractive girl I know, seated in the most expensive car I own. This would not have gone down well.
Fortunately - and I kid you not - the horse simply farted and turned to me as if to say 'What you looking at?'
The only thing horses are good for is glue.
And Mike - you should go to bed.
>> Edited by beljames on Thursday 18th April 00:12
Because of the general chaos it was causing, we found ourselves temporarily stopped squarely behind the horses backside, which offered itself above said lady's head. Horror of horrors, the tail lifted, and for a split second I had visions of 20 pounds of horse shit spilling over the most attractive girl I know, seated in the most expensive car I own. This would not have gone down well.
Fortunately - and I kid you not - the horse simply farted and turned to me as if to say 'What you looking at?'
The only thing horses are good for is glue.
And Mike - you should go to bed.
>> Edited by beljames on Thursday 18th April 00:12
The signs for no horse racing on A27 were put there because gypsies have traditionally raced there for 100's of years, but it caused a few problems when they got caught up with cars.
Best use of a horse is fried rare, served with chips.
Sorry about long time to reply on racing sign, only just found this site.
Best use of a horse is fried rare, served with chips.
Sorry about long time to reply on racing sign, only just found this site.
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The signs for no horse racing on A27 were put there because gypsies have traditionally raced there for 100's of years, but it caused a few problems when they got caught up with cars.
Best use of a horse is fried rare, served with chips.
Sorry about long time to reply on racing sign, only just found this site.
No probs Keith. Thanks for the info....was wondering about why the sign was there!!
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One lovely summer’s evening, several years ago, I was driving home past a paddock where a local gypsy kept some quite fine horses. Unfortunately on this day one had bolted and escaped through an open gate. As I turned the corner the horse was galloping towards me head on and only narrowly missed my car. The poor old owner was puffing and panting in lukewarm pursuit (I nearly ran him over too). I parked up at the paddock entrance and joined the chase on the foot. We eventually cornered the wayward mare in someone's drive where she proceeded to eat the contents of a flowerbed and discharge unpleasant material over the front lawn. Angry words were hurled in my general direction from an upstairs window (gee thanks – I’m just trying to help here!) as we fabricated a makeshift bridle from an old sheet. Eventually the horse was led back to the paddock.
On returning to my car I discovered the horse owner's two very friendly lurchers had managed to get in via the driver's door which I had left open in my haste, covering the interior in dog hair, muddy paw prints and also leaving something unspeakable on passenger seat. That was the thanks I got for my efforts!
On reflection it was a miracle that there was no other traffic around at the time otherwise the incident could have turned into a tragedy.
On returning to my car I discovered the horse owner's two very friendly lurchers had managed to get in via the driver's door which I had left open in my haste, covering the interior in dog hair, muddy paw prints and also leaving something unspeakable on passenger seat. That was the thanks I got for my efforts!
On reflection it was a miracle that there was no other traffic around at the time otherwise the incident could have turned into a tragedy.
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