WHAT A LOAD OF HORSE S!!T

[rog 1974]

I have recently started riding with all the kids and my wife, we use the local cycle path for safety reasons.its a shared path with pedestrians so you expect a certain amount of dogs to be walked along the path, and on the whole their owners clear up after them and there is a threat of a two hundred pound fine if they dont. My problem is with the horses you dont often see them but you do see where they have been. Do they have any right to use a shared cycle/footpath, and should I complain to the local council about it or is it a police matter if they shouldnt be using it.

 

[rog 1974]

its not a bridle path, its even got the white pics painted on the path pedestrians one side cyclists the other, been up and down it quite a lot recently cant find a horse pic anywhere just plenty of s!!t.

 

[bonj2]

but horses OWN the countryside - dontcha know - and as such have the right to shoot wherever they like.

 

[Crackle]

Unless it's a bridleway, then no, they shouldn't use it, however shared use paths seem to exist in a slight grey area and rely on everyone rubbing along to an extent. At least horse poo is pretty innocuous compared to dog poo. Scoop it up and put it on your roses.

 

[nigelnorris]

There are stretches of the trans-pennine trail [or at least I think that's what t was called, through Warrington] where there are frequent signs reminding dog owners that fouling is an offense, but which are covered in horse doings. I always though that was something of a incongruity, until someone pointed out that what horses eat is very different to what dogs eat and so there is a lesser health risk involved in the mess they leave behind.

I like the smell of the countryside, reminds me of home. Which is odd because I live in a Birmingham suburb.

Boom boom. The old ones are always the best.

 

[rog 1974]

I dont need to scoop it up the kids bring enough back in the tread on their tyres.

 

[marinyork]

Unless the horse riders are causing other problems such as obstruction or being rude I think live and let live. It's usually quite easy to work out where horses come from, a letter to the council and from the council to the owner should sort things out.

 

[rog 1974]

I dont object to anyone using the path all i would like is a bit of consideration, and leaving the path sometimes 1/2 to 3/4s the width coverd with crap is not considerate infact it can be dangerous because it means the cyclist and pedestrians end up using the same side of the path.

 

[Jim_Noir]

Horse shoot is biodegradable, Dog shoot isn't. Dog shoot contains Toxacara Canis,which is very bad for Humans, Horse shoot doesn't contain this. Also, when your Dog eats Horse and coo shoot let them, it is very good for them and full of all the vitimins and minrals a Dog needs... just gives us Humans the dry boake watching them do it

 

[Arch]

You'd need to check the legal definition of the path. It may be painted up as cycle/ped, but still be also a bridleway.

I agree with live and let live. I'd rather be dodging a bit of fairly harmless horse poo than broken glass, or dog poo. Also, since we cyclists can use bridlepaths if we wish, and the horse lobby can be fairly powerful, I see them as sort of 'on our side' and potentially a useful ally.

 

[Arch]

Horse shoot is biodegradable, Dog shoot isn't. Dog shoot contains Toxacara Canis,which is very bad for Humans, Horse shoot doesn't contain this. Also, when your Dog eats Horse and coo shoot let them, it is very good for them and full of all the vitimins and minrals a Dog needs... just gives us Humans the dry boake watching them do it

Technically, all shoot is biodegradable, just over different timeframes, but you are right that horse shoot is very much less harmful (and more useful) than dog shoot.

 

[Wigsie]

but horses OWN the countryside - dontcha know - and as such have the right to shoot wherever they like.

Like an Equestrian Mafia?

 

[Wigsie]

Realistically it is pretty harmless stuff, I grew up in the country so am used to it. Dog and cat sh*t is far more offensive both smelling and hygiene wise.

I think I would rather ride through Horse poo than most other poo's. Wait.... not sure, it maybe tied with rabbit poo.

 

[TVC]

I think I would rather ride through Horse poo than most other poo's. Wait.... not sure, it maybe tied with rabbit poo.

Sheep poo is OK, nice and pellity so you can kick it around. Cow poo however is the work of satan and appears to come complete with its own ecosystem.

 

[Fnaar]

Imagine if horse riders had to take poo bags with them...