bloody hell i hate some people.... sorry a bit of a rant

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went on a hack today on my relatively new horse who is scared of most things still and i really needed everything to go smoothly. so i planned my route and choose a day when the wheather was good.

i had also hacked this route on a differant horse in the past, only a year or so ago, everything was find. i also only had 2 hours to do this hack in as i had work but that was fine as it was a hour route.

half way round, and someone has put up a metal 1.20m gate up. i was fuming as this is a bridle path. and ok so bikes and people could still get throught but its a bridle path ffs its for horses to. after a minuete or two waying up my options. which were to go back the way i came which i didnt have time for or go throught the village which i didnt think was wise on my mare or jump the gate which althought i know my mare could do i wasnt kean on. or as i did get of and pursuade my mare to go throught the gap at the side of the gate which was about shoulder width. she did this after about 10 mins of asking her nicely.

next problem is that she is 16hh and im unfit and not very bouncy, how to get back on. so i walked for 20 mins and eventually found a tree stump to use as a mountain block, then she doesnt stand still so 10 min fight over that one, eventually got back on and rode home with a p*ssed of me and a stroppy mare.

why cant people just leave things how they are and stop blocking bridle paths we dont have many as it is.

hot choc and buiscuits if u got to the end
 
Umm, open the gate and go through it?? :D It's not uncommon to have gates on bridleways, have a bit of a practice at opening and closing them from on board, then you don't have to get back on after...Or, get off, open gate, get on gate and mount from that. It might take a bit of time but you never know, you might have fun learning a new skill together!
 
AprilBlossom said:
Umm, open the gate and go through it?? :D It's not uncommon to have gates on bridleways, have a bit of a practice at opening and closing them from on board, then you don't have to get back on after...Or, get off, open gate, get on gate and mount from that. It might take a bit of time but you never know, you might have fun learning a new skill together!
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o no forgot to mention it is a metal bar gate which was padlocked. i can open gates from on board and trust me i tried. its one of those gates is a triangle of metal at one end and a straight bar at the other
 
I had this a few years ago. It was a route I rode at least 2-3 times per month and one day the gate was locked. There was a kissing gate at the side for people, but not much good for me. The kissing gate was also really overgrown with brambles. I phoned the council and a week later the gate was unlocked and all the brambles had been cut back. People are just rude and will try and get away with anything
 
muddy_grey said:
I had this a few years ago. It was a route I rode at least 2-3 times per month and one day the gate was locked. There was a kissing gate at the side for people, but not much good for me. The kissing gate was also really overgrown with brambles. I phoned the council and a week later the gate was unlocked and all the brambles had been cut back. People are just rude and will try and get away with anything
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glad to hear u got it resolved as i will be telling the local cousil tomorrow
 
Defo ring the council. They tend to fix things like this quickly.

I was a member of my local bridleways society. If I ever came up against a similar problem or ANY issue with a bridleway - I could contact them and they would go nuts at the council on my behalf. Things were always sorted VERY FAST;)

Membership is about £15 per annum and they are forever going at it to improve local bridleways.

See if you have a local group - they could always use new members to support them.
 
Oberon said:
Defo ring the council. They tend to fix things like this quickly.

I was a member of my local bridleways society. If I ever came up against a similar problem or ANY issue with a bridleway - I could contact them and they would go nuts at the council on my behalf. Things were always sorted VERY FAST;)

Membership is about £15 per annum and they are forever going at it to improve local bridleways.

See if you have a local group - they could always use new members to support them.
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may well do
 
Definitely phone the Council Madeleine. Also the BHS have Rights Of Way officers I believe so I'd report it to them as well. No idea why people do things like this, it isn't their place to
 
I hope you get it sorted out pdq. We don't have bridleways as such here but near my yard there is a huge estate bordering the forest and you used to be able to ride quite a bit in it as long as you kept to the paths and didn't roam all over the place. However, mountain bikers and especially dirt bikers (is that the term?) have abused this priviledge and now there are barriers all over the place, effectively stopping horseriders using them too. Can't blame the owner, but it's a shame us riders have to pay for the sins of others!
 
at least on a proper bridleway they will HAVE to unlock it. Talk to them about a Kentish gap or similar (google for details) if they are having probs with vehicles. But they cannot block it for horses, full stop.

We just managed to stop a permissive bridleway being blocked off, only cos our yard was nearby and we saw them starting work. Landowner was a college and the staff changed so they didnt know about the permission.
 
It is so annoying when people do that! :mad: I have had to get off in the past when a bridleway was blocked off by an electric fence! There was no livestock in the field so I left the fence down got back on and carried on. I had to do this a few times but eventually the farmer got the message and the fence was removed so I think he got the message! ;)
 
The metal gate is an obstruction.
Report it to the Access Department of your local County Council by sending them a letter by Royal Mail Signed For Delivery so that there is no doubt they have received it. Enclose a map showing where the gate is and ask them what they intend doing about the obstruction.
Your local County Volunteer BHS Access Officer will also be pleased to help you and if you require their contact details send me an E-mail providing me with details of the county you are in and the name of your nearest town to peter.natt@btinternet.com
Peter Natt Volunteer BHS Acces Officer North Hertfordshire
 
I feel your pain!

Several weeks ago I was hacking down a bridleapth with a friend which is a track though a wooded area. A tree had fallen down covering the path and the only way through was to dismount and squeeze between some trees.
Only problem was L is 16.3 and I'm 5'4 at a push!

I led her until a small humpback bridge (which I fell off before getting on) and found myself sat on the floor under Lacey's belly before clambering back on board :o:o
 
lachlanandmarcus said:
at least on a proper bridleway they will HAVE to unlock it. Talk to them about a Kentish gap or similar (google for details) if they are having probs with vehicles. But they cannot block it for horses, full stop.

We just managed to stop a permissive bridleway being blocked off, only cos our yard was nearby and we saw them starting work. Landowner was a college and the staff changed so they didnt know about the permission.
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What is a kentish gap please? Google failed me.
 
i will ring the council and see what happens and keep u all updated. we have some kentish gapes (altho i dont think the farmer knows what its called) on the route and they are good.
 
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