Funny hacking encounters

[HORSE Mag]

Dear all,

There was a great post on here recently about odd things to have happened or for people to have said to you while you've been out riding.

We want to compile some of the best, funniest or strangest stories for a feature on this topic in the January issue of Horse, and we would love to hear from you if you've got a story to tell. If you've overheard a particularly random comment from a passerby, or if you've had any strange encounters out hacking, please get in touch: victoria_spicer@ipcmedia.com

Many thanks

Victoria

PS Thanks to everyone who has already emailed - I will be in touch with you all shortly.

 

[treacle86]

I have had a problem emailing my stuff over , is there an admin prob? thanks

 

[burtondog]

Here's mine

My encounter on Keston Common

 

[Tuppence88]

OK not expecting this to be taken seriously but worrying!
I work for a famly in Wiltshire. Last christmas I was exercising my employers hunter out on the lanes, as I turned a corner about 25m away I swear I saw a big cat...black, big, puma like...the hunter froze until the 'cat' miandered from the gate way it was standing in to the next one along and disappeared, with some persuation the hunter continued cautiously. Anyway we got home and over dinner I mentioned it to my employer who has lived in the are for about twenty years. I was expecting her to laugh and say ye right!
But no she said really calmly without even looking up 'I often see them when I'm out in the morning'!!!!!!!

 

[misshubblebubble]

I used to live in Cork, Ireland. My first horse was a fantastic mare and she never put a foot wrong or spooked at anything - until election time!

In Ireland at election time, they have these big posters, similar to 'for sale' signs, every 50 yards or so along the roads, with the polititions' faces' blazed across them - sometimes not a pretty sight, lol.

The first time Sue saw one of the signs was as we were trotting along a country road and came to a bend. As we rounded the corner and she spotted one, she suddenly stopped, shot across to the other side of the road, straight onto a front garden and proceeded to do a rather large and very runny (and noisy) poo! Luckily the owner of the garden (who had been gardening at the time) had managed to jump out of the way and was almost wetting herself laughing, so she wasn't upset about the mess we had made - she said she was pleased for the free fertiliser!

The journey home, which should have taken 10 minutes, took us 45, due to the large amount of signs that had been put up whilst we were out.

Needless to say, we didn't hack out alone around that period after that.

 

[duggan]

Not riding, but out hacking with my driving pony...... Old boy on the back, just off a nightshift and being helpful and backstepping. I was trialling my new carriage, and decided to pop over onto the very wide verge and see how the offroad ride was..... Heard a scuffling noise and looked round to see Tony looking like a turtle that had been upturned. Sort of spinning in the middle of the lane...... I did the right thing and pulled up. Unfortunately the boss had seen my shoulders heaving while silently giggling at the sight! He wasn't entirely impressed, it has to be said!