Kenzo
Well-Known Member
While Ive been out of the saddle I decided to get back into one at least
of the push rod variety! 
Because it was a nice day on Saturday I thought Id try and be a bit green, save some fuel and pennies, burn some calories off and catch some raise, so Id biked up to the livery yard and had for most of it a pleasant 16 mile round trip.
BTW do they make Heather Mofftt seat savers for bicycle seats?
I think they need to!!
Anyway once I got there I thought Id do something useful, bit of poo picking, but then realised I had my nice trainers on, so it took me twice as long because I couldnt use my foot to scrape it on to the shovel.
There is a point to this post honest, on my way back, I decided to take the scenic route rather than the main roads.
What used to be many many years ago an old cart track/bridle way (but then they closed it off as an official bridle way as they kept getting dear poachers etc) now the track is just a public footbath/cycle path as well as farming access to fields but it is numbered route and is part of the Trans Pennine Way. If the gates are open you can still ride down on your horse, cuts all the traffic out and you have a lovely long quiet peaceful ride in the countryside. My YO told me a while ago that the gates had been open for a while now (hes a farm contractor) which probably explained why I was horrified to discover this!
Id already passed 3 piles that were behind me before I took the photo of the rest of the piles you can see and in the distance!, either a builder or travellers have driven down the track and load by load fly tipped all this building rubble and junk, there was tiles, huge lumps of concrete, bags, breeze blocks, bricks, parts of walls, glass, wood all sorts just dumped right in the middle and right over the track, I had to go into the field to get round it all, just so happens there is a bit of set aside next to the track.
How could someone do this? have they no respect, have they no feelings or sense of guilt what so ever?
I was sick to the stomach seeing this, who will be responsible for shifting it all? I feel really sorry for the farmers too, it's people like this that spoil it for others because now the gates will be shut all the time (usually leave open for the tractors).
Because it was a nice day on Saturday I thought Id try and be a bit green, save some fuel and pennies, burn some calories off and catch some raise, so Id biked up to the livery yard and had for most of it a pleasant 16 mile round trip.
BTW do they make Heather Mofftt seat savers for bicycle seats?
I think they need to!!Anyway once I got there I thought Id do something useful, bit of poo picking, but then realised I had my nice trainers on, so it took me twice as long because I couldnt use my foot to scrape it on to the shovel.
There is a point to this post honest, on my way back, I decided to take the scenic route rather than the main roads.
What used to be many many years ago an old cart track/bridle way (but then they closed it off as an official bridle way as they kept getting dear poachers etc) now the track is just a public footbath/cycle path as well as farming access to fields but it is numbered route and is part of the Trans Pennine Way. If the gates are open you can still ride down on your horse, cuts all the traffic out and you have a lovely long quiet peaceful ride in the countryside. My YO told me a while ago that the gates had been open for a while now (hes a farm contractor) which probably explained why I was horrified to discover this!
Id already passed 3 piles that were behind me before I took the photo of the rest of the piles you can see and in the distance!, either a builder or travellers have driven down the track and load by load fly tipped all this building rubble and junk, there was tiles, huge lumps of concrete, bags, breeze blocks, bricks, parts of walls, glass, wood all sorts just dumped right in the middle and right over the track, I had to go into the field to get round it all, just so happens there is a bit of set aside next to the track.
How could someone do this? have they no respect, have they no feelings or sense of guilt what so ever?
I was sick to the stomach seeing this, who will be responsible for shifting it all? I feel really sorry for the farmers too, it's people like this that spoil it for others because now the gates will be shut all the time (usually leave open for the tractors).
