[Closed] Why aren't horse riders obliged to fit nappies to their horses? (crap rant!)

Yes, crap rant.

because it's not a big problem and it would be disproportionate.

Horse shit is relativly benign, in fact I don't object to it at all, smells ok and is based on vegetable matter. What about dog poo, much worse. It's dogs we should be moaning about. It could have been a child's face.

It's horse poo, it's chewed up grass. WGA....

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It could be a baby robin next time.

That's not a baby robin...

I dont normally mind it when I'm mtb on out in the countryside but the bike paths in hyde park are full of it. I mean there meant to be cycle paths. I cant see why in hyde park the riding schools can put some sort of nappy/basket out of the back of the horse.

Also one damp morning there was a very small patch of it by the lights on the northern entrance to hyde park and I managed to skid on it and fall off(on my little fold up bike).

scu98rkr - serves you right for riding a little fold up bike 😉

Won't someone please think of the children!

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I'm fed up of riding through horse crap.

Have you tried cycling round it ? That's what I do, I find it works a treat.

Because it's merely partially digested grass. They were the horses' roads first anyway!

Horsey-ists don't pay road tax either!

And why aren't horse riders leagally obliged to wear a helmet?!

Plus horsists should all be registered and insured!

And take some form of test!

And stop riding on the pavement!

And why do they all RLJ?!

There, that's all the usual cycling forum aspersions cast.
Feels good to get that lot off my chest.

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"That should be fitted with a bell" etc

Incidently I was out on a ride with Mr Starship yesterday who has got a bell on his bike. No matter how many times he "dinged" at walkers they never noticed our presence. None of them crapped on the path though.

I have since replaced my bell with this:

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Is that robin is a baby what's it doing wearing jewellery at such a young age?

That would

a) Make them notice us.

b) Cause them to crap on the path.

I always thought horse riders were obliged to clean up their shit! it's not as if they haven't done it loads in their kennels and a shovel could look quite cool hanging off their saddles.

Hmm... "trundles off to the TV studios with my great business idea" 😉

Shovel it in your rhubarb?

No you haven't Starship that was just an excuse to show some deathtech.

Wow you really are fussy. I wouldn't even ride round it its nothing more than grass you could even describe it as straw. Everyone puts it on there garden (as is) while no one would put on human or dog shite on there garden. I wouldn't even be bothered if I didn't have gloves handy when I picked it up. You can even sell the stuff. You are very very sad person derek_starship. I suppose in your imagination world of space travel there would be no horse’s dogs etc? But the real world is different sado

Everyone puts it on there garden (as is) while no one would put on human or dog shite on there garden

dont ever make assumptions about me again, i'd never ever EVER put horse manure on my garden! i'm reporting you to the mods for taking the forum too seriously and offending my [s]gravel shelves[/s]garden
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kids these days!

Harry_the_Spider - Member
Won't someone please think of the children!

That isn't horse manure and it is the responsiblity of the parent not the horse owner. Hell you would surely stop a child from playing dog crap??

brandeberryj - so if you were building a makeshift bed from straw, you'd be happy with this?

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Everyone puts it on there garden

Well its a bit hard to shovel it up after some fat bloke on a bike has made a point of riding through it.

I guessing that not many people around d. starship's manor get a chance to use it in their gardens.

Some people really are selfish 😐

I must admit this issues really annoys me but not when i am riding, i live on a bridleway and horses just poo everywhere, i have had them do it on my car my drive and during the summer there is never not a load of horse manure spread along the road.

I have been threatened to be killed, mowed down and have never had a polite word from any of the riding wonkeroos.

I hate horsey people (sweeping generalisation) all horsey people!

for you pik n mix 😀
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i live on a bridleway

I hate horsey people

Ever thought that you might have made the wrong choice concerning where to live ?

Or did you have no choice and was forced to live on a bridleway ?

Mod's - you might as well close this thread as ernie_lynch is now using it as a vehicle for his personal insults.

…and another thread descends into arguing and name calling.

I think if the MTB world went head to head with the horsey world they'd have us banned from bridleways and anything else we shouldn't be on before we have them wearing nappies on their horses.

Green Laner's just banned from the hillsides a few years ago when the bobble hat massif managed to get TRO's placed on most green lanes meaning MX and 4 x 4's were banned from enjoying the land like most of us do, albeit they leave a bigger footprint.

The equine world (like the ramblers) have wealthy friends in high places and I'm happy to keep my eyes open and have enough reaction time to be able to ride around a 12" pile of brown grass.

What's next... we ask farmers not to let their cows shat in their own fields???

If those with bipolar disorder think they have it bad, they should consider what it's like for me, riding mountain bikes, riding horses, going hillwalking/rambling, enjoying driving cars and even very occasionally being seen on a road bike. I hate myself.

There's nowt wrong with horse manure, instead of riding it you could bag it up and make some money flogging it to gardeners 🙂
Seriously tho I don't have a problem with it.
Cat and dog shit tho.....now [b]that[/b] would be worth ranting about.

Of all the types of dung you come across, I think horse dodo is well down the offinsive list compared to:

Human
dog
cat
badger
fox
robin 😉 etc.

Gardeners seem to love the stuff bag it and sell it to fund tubes?

[edit] me,too slow, like minds DONK 😉

Grow up d. starship, if you have a problem with any of my posts click on the report button and the mods will deal with it.

Ernie my good tool

I didn't have an issue with horsey people before I lived here 😉

I didn't have an issue with horsey people before I lived here

I see, you hadn't realised that horses actually crap as they walk until you lived on a bridleway ?

.........or you hadn't realised the connection between bridleways and horses ? 😕

Either way, I still reckon that the solution is not to live on a bridleway. I don't, and I can't remember the last time a horse shit on my car or driveway.

haha no you mup,

simply put BEFORE I lived here i didn't have a problem with horses, their riders or their poo poo so why on earth would I worry about moving to a bridleway?

your funny, I like you

simply put BEFORE I lived here i didn't have a problem with horses

Yeah I got that.

But apparently you haven't worked out the solution to your problem. Despite the fact that you are fully aware you didn't have a problem until you moved onto a bridleway.

Is there any particular reason why you can't not live on a bridleway like the overwhelming majority of people in the UK ?

Maybe life on a bridleway is best suited to people who like things associated with bridleways ? 💡

Ernie, are suggesting that the poo on the driveway will go away once he moves from next to the bridleway, or simply that you won't have to listen to it because the next house owner won't be on STW?

The problem would still exist, wouldn't it? Throwing an SEP field around something doesn't actually solve the issue.

Can I say this thread is full of shit?

Ernie, are suggesting........

Well just to recap what I'm saying : I have a driveway, there's no horseshit on it, I don't live on a bridleway.

Try I work out for yourself what that suggests..........I think you'll probably find a clue in there somewhere.

Let me know how you get on.

i think they should have number plates so they are more accountable

Try I work out for yourself what that suggests..........I think you'll probably find a clue in there somewhere.

Let me know how you get on.

Oooh…. such smugness and sanctimony in the tone of your reply? Faantastic!

I understand what you're saying perfectly well, but you seem to be missing the thrust of what I'm saying. What you're suggesting is that fixing a problem for yourself (by leaving it to someone else to actually correct the underlying issue once you've moved house) is the same as actually addressing the problem.

I'll put it in to terms that you'll (maybe) understand:

1) You're on a regular local ride with some friends,
2) You come across felled tree on the trail that makes you stop your ride and heft the bike over in order to continue,

Now do you and your mates:

A) Permanently stop coming this way, leaving the obstacle?
B) Agree to remove the trail obstacle?
C) Keep riding that way and hope that someone will fix it for you, each and every time you get there?

You seem to be heading toward at worst “A” or at best “C” depending upon your predilection for the trail (or in the original case a dislike for poo).
In the context of the OP, the gist of what you're saying above is that you’d leave the problem to the next person who inhabits the house, on the outside chance that they don't mind having poo all over their car and driveway.

Ha ha ha ha ha.

Welcome to the countryside. There's shit everywhere.

There's only a small minority of horsey people who are tossers. Same as mountain bikers, walkers, 4x4ers, mx4ers etc.

Nowt wrong with horse crap. It's good for you, full of nutrients.

We as cyclists should unite with horsey people and wrok together to improve access to trails.

Smile, wave and chat. Stroke the horses, be friendly. They are enjoying being out there as much as you.

Oooh…. such smugness and sanctimony in the tone of your reply? Faantastic!

😀 Did you like it ? I was pretty pleased with it myself

Sorry I couldn't be bothered with the rest of your post - I tried reading it but it was too messy and couldn't be arsed to work out your point.

His point was, he'd be out there morning, noon and night with a shovel clearing it up, rather than move away.

Me? I'd have the worlds best veg patch 8)

D) ride/bunnyhop/jump it!

<EDIT> oh.. just remembered this is STW so I'd better add

E) Call Jedi 😉

+1 for working with horse owners to make the trails better for both horse and bike. From the attitude of most round here it would never happen but still we can but hope.

I am moving soon unfortunately (or fortunately) as I need to be much closer to uni so problem solved for my poo dilemma.

I am moving soon unfortunately (or fortunately) as I need to be much closer to uni so problem solved for my poo dilemma.

Can't you move to a bridleway closer to uni ?

No but I might be able to stay on the same canal so closely linking me to the bridleway should I get nostalgic.

Maybe if I get really low I could just pile some horse poo on my bike (I will have sold my car by then so next best thing?)

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So you are going to move from living on a bridleway to living on a canal ........is there any particular reason why living in a street, you know like most of the population does, doesn't appeal to you ?

Anyway you be careful, canals often have geese and swans living on them.....have you ever seen goose shit ? Right nasty horrible mess it is.....you skid/slip on a dollop of that on the tow-path and you're likely to end up straight in the canal.

I bet you didn't think of that ........ just like you didn't think of horses and horseshit before you went to live on the a bridleway. At least this time you can't say that you didn't know.

Ride through it, will make your bike grown into a 29er 😀

Riding through horse crap is one of the risks of riding in the countryside, as is sheep poo and getting rabbit poo stuck to your hand when you sit down. If you don't like it go ride a trail centre. I prefer the proper countryside with the occasional smell of horse/cow poo.

Dog crap on the other hand....no need for anyone to leave it anywhere. In town it is a menace and health risk and in the countryside it spreads diseases to other dogs and livestock and is disgusting.

No sane person puts horse poo on their garden. It contains undigested seeds which will grow as soon as you put it on the rose beds/veg patch. It needs a good long rotting in a heap before it can be used. Pah Townies.
Walks away muttering.....

What's with the long face?

ernie_lynch - Member

is there any particular reason why living in a street, you know like most of the population does, doesn't appeal to you ?

people like you live on streets 😉

It's best that they dont pick it up. Could you imagine the size of the bags we'd find hanging from the trees!

Zoolander - respect for that comment. branches on the ground!

i think they should have number plates so they are more accountable

Well just to recap what I'm saying : I have a driveway, there's no horseshit on it, I don't live on a bridleway.

Try I work out for yourself what that suggests..........I think you'll probably find a clue in there somewhere.

Let me know how you get on.

horse s*it is great! throw it on the garden , make a cob wall, dry it out and sell it to the local kids as weed - a multitude of uses

. . and another thing. why does no-one ever seem to have a problem with cat poo? cat owners are allowed to let their vermin crap everywhere

why does no-one ever seem to have a problem with cat poo?

I don't know, I just don't have a problem with it.

Mind you, I don't have a problem with birdshit either........a lot of people have a problem with birdshit. My brother does - he hates the stuff.

I have a problem with cat poo! My veg patch is covered with all sorts of obstacles to stop the little ****ers crapping in my onion patch.

I don't have a problem with cat poo. I probably would do if my cat wasn't considerate enough to travel the significant distances involved to crap in Harry's onion patch.

Never **** on your own doorstep, I told her. God knows why she inferred that meant Harry's onion patch. But she did. Hey ho