Following on from nicest stranger post - who's the strangest person

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You've met out hacking? Mine has got to be the oldish guy who suddenly popped out from behind a hedge, camera in hand and asked if he could take mine and horsey's photo
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. Next day an envelope appeared addressed to "lady with lovely smile on big horse" Inside envelope was a poem
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all about "smile Jesus loves you" and a not-very good photo of yours truly. Spookiest thing was it was delivered by hand at 6.30 a.m. through my nextdoor neighbour's catflap
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Have never seen the bloke again.
 
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Oh my god that is weird! Cant say Iv ever met anybody weird..if I see someone who looks weird I tend to trot off!

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Unfortunately I was very nearly home when he popped out from behind his hedge, so must have guessed where I came from - our house is hidden from the lane, so he must have assumed I lived in my neighbour's cottage - luckily she is a lovely person and saw the funny, but strange side of it
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Last night I was riding past a bus stop when a old man started shouting at the traffic to slow down (not that they could here in their cars). He then told me that his family always slowed down for horses....weird!!

Another guy drives back and forwards past us several times in a ride just to wave!!!!
 
An elderly chap stopped his car beside my mare and me one morning and said in a very loud and well bred voice "Madam, could I just say how well turned out you both are" then drove off! Made my day - unlike the neurotic woman who shrieked at me when a small piece of mud came out of my horse's foot outside her very posh cottage in the very posh village I was riding through!
 
The policeman who pulled me over when hacking out on pony (blue lights, no sirens) hopeed out of car (scaring pony to death) just to say how responsible I was having flourescent gear on

The bloke who canned his car in front of us on a bend and when I got my phone out to call 999 he tried to knock me off pony (same pony) and said he'd murder me if I called them as he'd been drinking and was already banned for drink driving

The bloke who used to drive past us out hacking (still when I had pony) in a clapped out old beige cortina with "The Horse Hater" painted in black paint down each wing - used to throw gravel at us on a main road - until one day after we'd reported him and hacked out all day round and round (40 odd horses on yard) with police lying in wait - think he got 6 month and a 4 yr ban!
 
was told by an old man that if you ride horses sooner or later you end up looking like them!!

he mentioned something about princess anne but cant remember what
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The policeman who pulled me over when hacking out on pony (blue lights, no sirens) hopeed out of car (scaring pony to death) just to say how responsible I was having flourescent gear on

The bloke who canned his car in front of us on a bend and when I got my phone out to call 999 he tried to knock me off pony (same pony) and said he'd murder me if I called them as he'd been drinking and was already banned for drink driving

The bloke who used to drive past us out hacking (still when I had pony) in a clapped out old beige cortina with "The Horse Hater" painted in black paint down each wing - used to throw gravel at us on a main road - until one day after we'd reported him and hacked out all day round and round (40 odd horses on yard) with police lying in wait - think he got 6 month and a 4 yr ban!

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Blimey - I think your experiences take some beating
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Getting the nod from a chap driving past with his window open saying "yes, WIDE and SLOW" as written on my tabard - meaning my arse is wide and we're slow - thanks mate!!
 
We have a very sweet, but completely dotty old lady in the village, who loves to stop anybody on horseback to tell them how much she loves horse and how she has pictures of horses on her mantle piece and that she always wanted a pony as a little girl.

She's a kind old soul, but she scares the living daylights out of H, who stares at her as if she might attack or possibly explode at any minute.
 
When we had our first horse there was a little old lady in the village who started out as a stranger, but became George's best friend as ever time she saw him she fed him cake. This was often baked for her by her sister in law, he was very partial to the date and walnut!!
 
Well this isn't terribly strange but I found it slightly odd. I was out hacking round our livery farm one day (lots of footpaths cross it) and came across a family walking with two little boys. Ronnie likes to chew everything, and one of the little boys was standing in front of Ronnie (never a wise plan) and Ronnie started to chew the boy's clothes and backpack. The parents just smiled benignly (sp?) at him and carried on passing the time of day with me. Ronnie lifted the small son clean off his feet, but no-one batted an eyelid. In these litigious times I was a bit surprised. And the little boy didn't utter a word. Weird.
 
BeckyD that's created a lovely picture in my mind!

Once or twice I have ridden past couples having a little (ahem) al fresco activity. Being on a horse gives you a whole new vantage point! I felt sorry for the couple on the Welsh mountain when a trek of about 10 of us rode past!
 
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