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Horse riders should pick up their poo!!

569 replies

Instagram · 13/12/2021 21:14

It’s surely a potential hazard leaving horse manure on the road!
Tractors are required to clean up excess mud they leave on the road, dog poo is collected by their owners.
So why can’t horse riders be required to show common decency if they are to use the road.
Apparently an outdated law from when horses were the main mode of transport allows this and prevents action being taken.
With the number of accidents never mind inconveniences caused by this negligence surely this should be amended?

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DerektheGoose · 13/12/2021 22:12

Tried putting dog shit on my roses 🥀🙀
Tried putting horse shit on my 🌹👍

FabriqueBelgique · 13/12/2021 22:12

I’ve often wondered the same, OP. Any other creatures shit is disgusting apparently but horse manure is a wonderous plant-based soy-free, vegan substance we should all be grateful for?!

FabriqueBelgique · 13/12/2021 22:12

I’ve often wondered the same, OP. Any other creatures shit is disgusting apparently but horse manure is a wonderous plant-based soy-free, vegan substance we should all be grateful for?!

underneaththeash · 13/12/2021 22:11

I agree, it’s grim. I’m sick of piles of shot that the dog eats and the kids bike through.
If they can’t/won’t pick it up, maybe they shouldn’t be on the road.

Capricopia · 13/12/2021 22:10

@PinkPrettyPearls

Horse riders could cary a snow shovel and bin bag, like dog walkers do a scoop and bags.

What’s the difference ?

It will happen, eventually.

No one picked up dog poop years ago.

🤣

You can see which posters have never been within twenty yards of a horse.

Pyracanth · 13/12/2021 22:10

Op all your links are either rants from other people or an article about rare possibility of toxicity of dogs eat a lot of horse manure. There is not one article of an actual accident caused by horse manure. YABU

Iamclearlyamug · 13/12/2021 22:10

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This is made for you OP 🙄🙄 a tongue-in-cheek but nevertheless factual TikTok video on just how ridiculous the idea is

DingADingADingDong · 13/12/2021 22:09

Don't be silly OP how are we supposed to lob a massive bag of horses poo in to branches and trees, it would be much too heavy Grin

Flowers500 · 13/12/2021 22:09

Totally agree that horse riders should clean up their shit after them. Next time I see someone squat down in the middle of the road and pull their jodhpurs around their knees, I'll be sure to let them know!

Mumsnut · 13/12/2021 22:09

My grandfather also raced to pick up horse poo for his roses. The whole road maintained constant vigilance and it was a race to get there first , so my Mum tells me. This would be in the forties and fifties

BoudecaBains · 13/12/2021 22:09

This isn’t new. Ppl have been moaning about horse shit on the roads of London since the Romans. You can see boot scrapers outside older houses. Horse piss is worse of course which is why the had water carts cleaning the streets. Personally I’d like to see more horses but then I have two of my own !.

Kendodd · 13/12/2021 22:09

I have seen piles of shit in the road for days with cars driving though it and causing shit spray. I've also seen young children running straight through it.
Horse rider couldn't care less though.
As evidenced by this thread.

Grapesoda7 · 13/12/2021 22:08

I get horse poo on the pavement by me and that's in a city!

toconclude · 13/12/2021 22:08

@theOccupier

Comments like that ( vile thing to say btw, you honestly wish someone would be thrown from a height and possibly break their neck) are why people think cyclists have an entitlement problem.

HesterShaw1 · 13/12/2021 22:08

I can't remember hearing about the carnage unleashed so far by horse poo. Have I missed something?

ArrrMeHearties · 13/12/2021 22:08

Just carry a few black bags and a shovel for the horse poo to be scooped and you will be fine 🐎💩😂

PinkPrettyPearls · 13/12/2021 22:08

Horse riders could cary a snow shovel and bin bag, like dog walkers do a scoop and bags.

What’s the difference ?

It will happen, eventually.

No one picked up dog poop years ago.

Capricopia · 13/12/2021 22:07

Hope your horse gets spooked by the next cyclist you see and throws you off Smile

Alright you absolute psycho, no need to leave satan in fear of his job.

Original poster
Instagram · 13/12/2021 22:07

@Kendodd

Thankyou

All so true!

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kickupafuss · 13/12/2021 22:07

We used to go out and put it on the roses when only a few horses went past every day but I’m talking at least 20 horses going by every day. I have a job - I can’t spend all day doffing my cap and picking up other people’s poo because the people making a living from it can’t be arsed to respect their local community.

PilesEdgeworth · 13/12/2021 22:06

Sorry for the double post...

SliceOfCakeCupOfTea · 13/12/2021 22:06

@kickupafuss

How would you suggest people walk down a narrow road with no pavement? I think the people running the business should come out with a wheelbarrow every now and then and pick up the poo.
Step over it? It's a few chunks of nuggets spread out as the horse walks down the path. It's not usually in an actual mound that is unpassable.
godmum56 · 13/12/2021 22:06

@torquewench

Am I imagining it or is this a recurring thread?
no, what you are experincing is called deja poo Grin
FreedomFaith · 13/12/2021 22:06

@NeedsCharging

Hope your horse gets spooked by the next cyclist you see and throws you off

WTF!!

It's ok, said cyclist is more likely to hit tram lines or a pothole, go flying off their bike and break something before the horse spooks at a cyclist. Smile
Kendodd · 13/12/2021 22:06

I live in the country with a lot of people riding. If there is any horse poo deposited, people run out out of their houses immediately with a shovel to get it to put on their roses.

Never seen that before.
I have seen piles of shit in the road for days with cars driving though it and causing shit spray. I've also seen young children running straight through it.
Horse rider couldn't care less though.