Embarrasing moment on a hack today! :o

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Thought I'd share with everyone as I'm still ever so slightly mortified but starting to see the funny side :o

As Bailey is a serial napper I've taken to singing to him when we hack alone (to keep me breathing more than anything) so today we were tootling along the track and I was warbling away (usually I sing nursery rhymes or little tunes just loud enough for Bailey to hear) but today I had I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor stuck in my head. So I pretended I was auditioning for X-Factor and really went for it with Bailey clip clopping to the tune.

Came around a bend in the track to meet a couple walking their dog, barely able to contain their sniggers. I nodded at them and then tried to hide my burning cheeks. They must of heard me from miles away because I was REALLY going for it (Bailey says it was an 8 out of 10 performance)

I'm still really embarrassed as the couple live at the top of the lane and I see them most mornings/evenings as I'm driving to and from the yard. That'll teach me hey :o

A few aerial shots of our hack today, because I love his little fluffy ginger ears :) :D

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Lol! Been there done that and got caught too! Don't worry at least you're great entertainment value ;) :) x

Ps love his ginger ears too :)
 
Ha ha I used to sing to my late mare too so you are not alone! You have beautiful hacking I would be singing to if i had tracks like those to ride on :D
 
Ha, this has happened to me too, though I did have company to share the embarrassment, we were singing 'I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas' too :D

I would guts it out ad make sure you sing next time you see them riding and look at them like 'you think this is weird???you are weird!' :D
 
So glad it's not just me - I was caught by a crusty old farmer whilst singing "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", Levellers version, complete with guitary bits, to my mare. The shame!!!
 
I often sing Christmas carols, mostly out of boredom as I'm normally by myself. Many embarassing moments meeting walkers in the height of summer.

Mind you, I've had the theme to the comedy central friends ad in my head all week (bing bing bing...) so I should consider myself lucky not to have met anyone while singing that :D
 
Lol. I have done plenty of embarrassing stuff on hacks, on a regular basis. At least it was your neighbours, last time I got caught was by two toffee nosed old bags out for a sedate trot. Riding with the reins hooked over the whip, whilst trotting & touching your hat with both hands as part of a game of Simon says with a 7yr old is not a good look.
 
My song for when Hippo is so muddy that I think she wants to be a sniper:

"I bought a hippopotamus for Xmas!
The seller promised that it was a horse!
What would you do?
I'm feeling rather blue!
It's standing in the yard and making grooming rather hard!
Oh Hippo Horse what shall I do with you?"

(Repeat ad nauseum, or until Hippo hits me in the face with her tail:D)
 
Great choice though, if you're gonna get caught it should be to a song like that!
It's happened to me before too, was singing something ridiculous and discovered some walkers round the corner - they MUST have heard me, but bless them - they didn't say anything other than "morning!" :o
 
Batgirl said:
Ha, this has happened to me too, though I did have company to share the embarrassment, we were singing 'I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas' too :D
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This was our hacking song at Christmas! Usually we go for 10 green bottles when we come across something scary (although when we used to hack through pigs we changed it to 10 pink piggies).
 
JFTD said:
Mind you, I've had the theme to the comedy central friends ad in my head all week (bing bing bing...) so I should consider myself lucky not to have met anyone while singing that :D
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OMG JFTD! :eek: I would have been certain that was only me! and last week when it was a Ross week, I was singing 'I like big butts' all week... which is actually quite appropriate to my neds! ;)
 
Walrus said:
This was our hacking song at Christmas! Usually we go for 10 green bottles when we come across something scary (although when we used to hack through pigs we changed it to 10 pink piggies).
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Love this!

Ten pink piggies hiding in a field! When one little piggy accidentally squealed my horse ******ed off! :D
 
Feathered said:
OMG JFTD! :eek: I would have been certain that was only me! and last week when it was a Ross week, I was singing 'I like big butts' all week... which is actually quite appropriate to my neds! ;)
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I'm so relieved :o Those adverts are too infectious! Would be hilarious if we bumped into each other hacking, each singing the latest advert soundtrack too :p
 
sychnant said:
So glad it's not just me - I was caught by a crusty old farmer whilst singing "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", Levellers version, complete with guitary bits, to my mare. The shame!!!
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Awesome!! Thanks so much for that, I never knew they covered that song!

What is the tune to the hippo for Xmas song?
 
JFTD said:
Mind you, I've had the theme to the comedy central friends ad in my head all week (bing bing bing...) so I should consider myself lucky not to have met anyone while singing that :D
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Oh, thank goodness it's not just me! I was humming to myself for a while earlier before figuring out what the heck it was and where it came from. :o
 
Purely hypothetical and I'm admitting to nothing...but... :D

Plugging the MP3 player into one ear for a bit of accompanying music out on a hack is good... :)

Managing to zone out to the point where you don't actually realise you're singing (loudly, ok, belting it out) along and middle aged mare is cheerfully ignoring the ear pain is less good... Particularly for the kiddies and teachers out for a short 'nature watch' ramble who really didn't want or need to hear a totally tuneless version of Relax... *sigh* :o
 
Want to learn Hippo song but OH snoring next to me and DS finally asleep after rendering me wide awake so will save for daylight!

My medley is a bit seasonal but currently includes 'Alice the camel"; "gypsy rover, a range of musical theatre Songs, all the better if involving large crescendo stylee opportunity and um... Thanks to my son, presently also a selection of the Wiggles greatest Hits.

You can tell my hacking is very "off road" eh?
 
Love it !!! I sing "Daisy, Daisy" to the boy at frequent intervals (his baby song), but haven't been caught - yet.

OMG, I would have died of embarrassment, lot least cos my singing is horrific. xxx
 
That is the one advantage of hacking on the fens, you can generally see people coming. Apart from the sneaky cyclist that appeared from behind me causing me to add the lyrics '******* me to the Tim McGraw ballad I was murdering at the time!
 
Haha!! I sing but yet to be caught!!

I think I've been caught having a possible fart by my old yard owner where I used to work.... well when you are in a pooey stable and you need to go... you got to go!! Luckily she was too polite to say anything! :)
 
Lol.....i used to sing Noddy in my head when jumping, pony missed a stride and jumped long and i shouted out "NODDDDYYYY" over the jump much to the amusement of my sister and fellow liveries:o:o
 
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