LauraWheeler
Well-Known Member
I live in the new forest so hardly ever have to ride on the road but I still wear a hi viz jacket most of the time out riding. Luckly today was one of the days I had the hi viz on.
I was riding Herbs up the outside of an enclosure and ahead I could see some feral ponies. They all seemed fairly spooked so I approached them with caution. They became very intrested in Herbie and started circling him and which point he desided to grow 3 hands and go into stallion mode :rolleyes3: I carried on up the track when suddenly the feral ponies started to act spooked again.
Suddenly the police helicopter appeared just above the trees, dropped below the treeline and started heading streight for us :eek3: Herbie didn't seem to bothered but I could just see the feral ponies taking off and Herbie going with them so I jumped off him and started franticly jumping up and down and waving my arms around to get the pilots attention. Herbie and the feral ponies all looked at me like I was a nut job :redface3:
Luckly the pilot saw me (at the last minuet), turned away and gave us a wide berth. The feral ponies took off but luckly I remembered I had polos in my pocket so managed to distract Herbie and lead him up the track alittle way before getting back on and continuing the ride.
I don't think the pilot would have seen me at all if I hadn't had my hi viz on and the outcome could have been a very diffrent story.
I was riding Herbs up the outside of an enclosure and ahead I could see some feral ponies. They all seemed fairly spooked so I approached them with caution. They became very intrested in Herbie and started circling him and which point he desided to grow 3 hands and go into stallion mode :rolleyes3: I carried on up the track when suddenly the feral ponies started to act spooked again.
Suddenly the police helicopter appeared just above the trees, dropped below the treeline and started heading streight for us :eek3: Herbie didn't seem to bothered but I could just see the feral ponies taking off and Herbie going with them so I jumped off him and started franticly jumping up and down and waving my arms around to get the pilots attention. Herbie and the feral ponies all looked at me like I was a nut job :redface3:
Luckly the pilot saw me (at the last minuet), turned away and gave us a wide berth. The feral ponies took off but luckly I remembered I had polos in my pocket so managed to distract Herbie and lead him up the track alittle way before getting back on and continuing the ride.
I don't think the pilot would have seen me at all if I hadn't had my hi viz on and the outcome could have been a very diffrent story.