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yet this last month I’ve had, ‘use your bell’ every off road ride…
yep, I have a bell but always give a 'rider back' or 'on your left / right' call but find an increasing number of people want to be told to get out the way by the ringing of a bell, perhaps they've become so accustomed to being bullied out the way by drivers that their brains can't cope with being asked?
I still think the rider in the OP shouldn’t be cantering in that particular place.
This was my thought, without wishing to be grumpy about it. It was a really busy day, far busier than I've ever seen it, walkers all over the place. So yes both the place and the time were probably not ideal!
There is a horse riding school along the road from me so i do see horses out on local trails fairly regularly. Never above a walking pace though.
Never had an issue with a horse or rider. They do make a hell of a mess of the trails though, particularly at this time of year when the ground is wet.
I had to a laugh at a notice in one of the bits of woodland the FC manage nearby though.
It was basically asking horse riders to kick horse shit off the path if their horse "drops". If this happened I'd be more worried about dodging the poo from the flying pigs.