Do you talk rubbish while you ride?

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Woolly Hat n Wellies

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My helmet cam has a microphone. Oh my God! What a load of complete waffle I talk while I'm out riding!

"Look Mr B, a deer! Oh deer oh deer! HA! Oh come on, Billy, that was funny. You have no sense of humour. That's why you have such a long face! .... Sorry Billy..."

"Ok, we can canter, if you promise to be good. You're a bad influence, I don't know why I listen to you"

*Billy sneezes* "Oh! Bless you!"

I had no idea that this constant stream of utter rubbish was coming out of my mouth while I ride. I comment on the landscape, the weather, the fashion sense of walkers and cyclists, I converse with Billy leaving gaps as though he's replying. I knew I chatted to him a lot, but now I have a record of just what a load of twaddle I talk. It's no wonder he gives me those despairing looks!
 
I both talk to them and sing at them... The number of times that cyclists have taken me by surprise by laughing at my conversation from behind is not funny!
Added to that is a steady stream of 'nice and easy, nice and steady, round and round and off we go' when he's winding himself- repeated regularly!
 
Oh yes... And I do his voice too so we have a 2 way conversation... For example when Pie needed a wee...
'Do you need a wee?'
Pie: 'yes mum but not here'
'Just get on with it'
Pie: 'ahh this'll do'
'Is that better sweetheart?'
And with that there was a cough (or a snigger) behind me and a cyclist asked if it was safe to pass... Yep I think he heard it all....
 
I talk and sing (badly). My horse particularly likes it if you can get her name into songs so that is a bit of a challenge for me. I turned my microphone off on my hat cam so I don't record myself talking nonsense...
 
I talk rubbish like you OP when out on a hack. I dont chat about life things but purely stuff thats happening around us. I do it because I'm slightly nervous of hacking though (never chat while schooling or competing etc.) so it helps me chill out if I make light of a "silly" rabbit that just leapt out of the undergrowth trying to kill us or that massive combine horse-harvester approaching in the distance.
 
I talk complete crap to Ted all the time especially while leading etc lol I plan on getting a headcam for when we are riding next year and god knows what crap will end up coming out of my mouth haha :)
 
ha ha this is great - so pleased to see it!

I also prattle away from the minute I get to the stables. I talk to my dog, I talk to my horse, and yes I even talk to the shavings fork and the broom. 'Come on then, lets see if you can get this lot organised' etc.

and my hacking commentary tends to be along the lines of…'oh look there is a really scary robin in that tree, yes I k now it is really scary isn't it, well don't worry, I won't let him hurt you… there's a brave boy….'

I am definitely NOT getting a helmet cam!
 
Lol at this I was riding in the school the other day an done of the girls kept asking whether I was talking to her! I give myself lessons out loud lol - right sit up, lemon shoulders back! Give her a tap - good girl!!!! That was nice don't change anything....
 
Glad I'm not the only one! Old cob, and now young cob are experts at tuning out my stream of utter nonsense and picking up the words that count - 'halt', 'walk', 'trot', 'canter', 'back' and 'good boy'. Fortunately they have been excellently trained to the voice - though obviously not by me!
I used to have lessons with someone who was incredibly anxious and she generally sang about 30 rounds of 'The Grand Old Duke of York' over the 45 minutes!
 
SuperH said:
I talk and sing (badly). My horse particularly likes it if you can get her name into songs so that is a bit of a challenge for me.
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"Deer to the left of me, cattle to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with Bill...."

"I. Got. BILLS!"

Billy doesn't really approve of his name being used I songs. He thinks it's very childish.
 
I've always constantly chattered to all my animals, I think it imprints my voice and helps build a bond. I often talk through important life decisions and key contract negotiations with my mare; she very proper and doesn't really suit silliness!
 
I always talk to my horse, mostly nonsense on our current surroundings etc or the gossip of the day (good job he cant talk!) I talk in a happy normal voice, no baby voice or anything awful. So when he is being naughty I casually say things like 'this is why you have no friends and no one want to hack with us' - get some weird looks!

The best one was when I went to an arena XC clinic, he ran out of a scary so fence instructor thought standing by the side would put him off, it didn't then we ended keeping getting in each others way (you know when you meet on the stairs and you keep moving to the same side!) AND I SAID 'Come on, just move over you idiot' to my horse and i'm still not sure she beleives me that I was talking to my horse!
 
I do but luckily mostly ride alone!! I tend to repeat what my instructor has said in lessons! Out on hacks, well, your guess is as good as mine to what I ramble on about!!
 
Note to self - do not buy a hat cam. Nobody needs to hear my drivel, least of all me, hearing myself talk c*** is not necessary.

I don't think I'm too bad out hacking, especially as I rarely hack alone, but I'm constantly chattering away when schooling.
 
I constantly chatter away about nothing when I ride on my own, if I'm doing a jumping round and even dressage tests. Everything gets turned into a song and I really feel for the horses as I'm tone deaf. What's really strange is that when I ride with other people I don't tend to talk much and justify it to myself that I like the peace and quiet.......go figure!
 
yes! half the time i don't think I'm actually saying full sentences, just random words. Other times i'll sing (badly) or talk through decisions.. no wonder she doesn't want to hack with me anymore.. :P
 
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