Supertrooper
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Anyone else looking forward to the blackberrys arriving 
I am, especially as with a shire x I can reach all the really good ones xx
I am, especially as with a shire x I can reach all the really good ones xx
Horseback blackberry picking :-)
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*hic*
village idiot :D
My Shire X is faster at picking them than I am and can reach further so there's little benefit to me of trying to pick them from horseback. I have to leave her at home to get any decent ones
AprilBlossom
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Already nommed a few the other eve off my handily sized 17 hander He baulked a bit at being parked in a hedge till he realised blackberries are yummy!!
He baulked a bit at being parked in a hedge till he realised blackberries are yummy!!WestCoast
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There's a new angle to horse riding I hadn't considered.
Mind you I'm trying very hard to not let Bree get it into her little hairy head that it's ok to eat when hacking.
Paula
Mind you I'm trying very hard to not let Bree get it into her little hairy head that it's ok to eat when hacking.
Paula
numptynoelle
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Generally I find a gullible small child with long sleeves helps get the best ones from the back of the bush - especially one that has been told under pain of death not to eat ANY of those nasty berries... My grandad used that with me once upon a time 
Worked a treat!
My grandad used that with me once upon a time Worked a treat!
Armas
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One of the joys of living in rural France is the abundance of fruit during the summer. Whilst riding yesterday I picked plums apples & a peach
Never tried blackberries but may give that a go today.
Never tried blackberries but may give that a go today.
trottingon
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I hope any gullible small children aren't too small.... I was always told never to pick wild fruit under a reasonable-sized dog's leg cocking height, to avoid any which have been shall we say "fertilised" in an unusual way ha ha!!!!😉
Murphs_Mum
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Used to love doing this, but my boy had blackberry bushes in the corner of his field. I used to go up to bring him in and find him sporting a slightly scratched and very purple nose!!!
MrsHutt
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One of the joys of living in rural France is the abundance of fruit during the summer. Whilst riding yesterday I picked plums apples & a peach
Never tried blackberries but may give that a go today.
We used to do this, riding in France! We spent many happy hours picking all sorts (I suppose it was unofficially 'scrumping', but no one seemed to mind!)