WHAT A LOAD OF HORSE S!!T

[Jim_Noir]

WTF! The things folks come up with.

 

[Smoothhound]

I've to deal with horse dung everyday on my commute through Hyde Park where the bridleway crosses the cycle path - I learned early on to avoid it all costs on a wet day with no mudguards

 

[Arch]

Interesting case in Bath Blackpool andYork where operators of horse drawn carriages have clearing up after he as part of the license. In each case there were moves to make "nappies" compulsory unless they (literally) cleaned up their act

Perhaps this is the answer?

I think that's ludicrous. I can say from experience that the mess left by York's 4 horse drawn carrriages is minimal. If you can't avoid it, try looking where you're going instead of dandling along gawping with you camera to your face. And for god's sake, walk a bit faster while you're at it, and don't stop suddenly to look at your map when I'm trying to get somewhere! And stop stepping back into the cyclepath by the Minster without looking, trying to get the tower in shot.


Hmm, looking again, I see that report from York was from 2003. I never saw a horse wearing one, and haven't since...

 

[col]

I think Id rather ride through some sweet packets than a pile of horse shoot, especially when its wet, why isnt it classed as littering?

 

[tyred]

I think Id rather ride through some sweet packets than a pile of horse shoot, especially when its wet, why isnt it classed as littering?

It degrades and disappears whereas most sweet packets and the like are mostly plastic nowadays and will be around for many years to come.

 

[col]

So does paper and cardboard, even quicker when it gets wet, but its classed as litter and you get fined for dropping it. I think horse shoot is a little more unpleasant to others, so they should be treat the same as littering for being lazy in picking it up after them selves. Or at least the same as dog owners who are lazy too?

 

[Lisa21]

Or people who are offended by it should quit riding in the countryside.

"shoot happens"

Treat it as you would a mini roundabout

 

[Jim_Noir]

Or pack it up in a bag for your garden

 

[marinyork]

What, drive over it aggressively!?

 

[Lisa21]

HaHa, maybe not!!!

 

[rog 1974]

Or people who are offended by it should quit riding in the countryside.

"shoot happens"

Treat it as you would a mini roundabout

I dont live in the countryside and we regulary get horses down our street and at the top of our road on the footpath outside the chinese takeaway.

 

[col]

Horse crap is part of the countryside. It's harmless, and the smell isn't unpleasant.

Litter doesn't belong anywhere but the bin.

Litter can be not unpleasant with its smell, does that make it ok to drop it? Public paths is just the place to drop horse shoot eh?
So you would be ok if it splashed in yours or the kids faces if its harmless?
How is it part of the countryside when its piled in the middle of a cyclepath?
Horseshit belongs in the same place as any other form of shoot doesnt it?
Or is it ok because there is some sort of rule for larger animals and owners?

 

[very-near]

Interesting case in Bath Blackpool andYork where operators of horse drawn carriages have clearing up after he as part of the license. In each case there were moves to make "nappies" compulsory unless they (literally) cleaned up their act

Perhaps this is the answer?

You did this last time this was discussed Cunobelin

If you knew anything about horses, you would see that sticking one of these devices on them is not going to work. They are not designed for working animals, and would cause the animals a real problem - as stated by the carriage operators.

If you were any sort of an animal lover, you wouldn't entertain the use of this device on them.

 

[very-near]

I dont live in the countryside and we regulary get horses down our street and at the top of our road on the footpath outside the chinese takeaway.

There was me thinking they use cats and dogs, not horses - or is that the Koreans

 

[Bman]

We occasionally get horse riders about in my town, on the cycletracks. I encounter the “waste” much more than the horses. It hangs around for ages and never seems a priority for the council. But I agree, it could be much worse!

When I do encounter horses however, I must say they are a danger. Most recently, a very large white horse, with only a piece of rope to lead it! I don’t think it had ever seen a cyclist before. The owner did look a bit like a Gypsy (if I’m still allowed to call them that).

Another time was when I was lining up to overtake a horse rider, giving plenty of room. I checked behind me, started to accelerate and without warning, the horse began to turn right. No signals, backwards glances or road positioning, almost as if the horse knew where the rider wanted it to go. Luckily I was able to abort the overtake. I wasn’t going to pass very quickly anyway.