Never been so disguisted in my life

Gingerwitch said:
My spelling is SHOCKING at the momement - as i am trying to type flat on my back with my leg raised as its in plaster.

I love the skewbie too - what is a high stepper like to ride ?
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Thank you, honestly he has pinged a few people out of the saddle, nt nasty but can be bouncy,i genrally do allrite on him, he is only young tho so not been ridden much :)
 
Rileyboy said:
I am always chattin with the locals, most people accept us till they find out we are travllers some pull a funny face then and hide their valuables ;)

Joey is estimated to gt to about 14.3ish but min i wld say is 14hh should be a proper chuncky stamp of a cob though !
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Haha! Oh dear.
I must admit though, the suspicion does work both ways. We have a static site just down the road from our yard and the travellers there have a trotter and several small, chunky cobs. Last summer I was just about to get in my car, when I saw them all at the far end of the field opposite the yard making their way down to the riverbank. They had clearly escaped.
I was a bit nervous about going to the site, but I did anyway. I parked at the entrance and hoped someone was about. Luckily there was a man in his garden. He didn't look very friendly, and seemed very suspicious, just sort of stood and stared at me, but as soon as I mentioned the horses, his whole demeanour changed and he thanked me very much and ran off up the yard.

Joey's going to be a cracker when he grows up. Will you be keeping him or selling him?
 
Rileyboy said:
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Honestly i normal keep myself to myself but all the nice comments lead me to wnt to show off my amazing horses (bias)
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Well if your normal - you will be the only one on here whom is ! :D most of us are stark raving bonkers !! -
 
alliersv1 said:
Haha! Oh dear.
I must admit though, the suspicion does work both ways. We have a static site just down the road from our yard and the travellers there have a trotter and several small, chunky cobs. Last summer I was just about to get in my car, when I saw them all at the far end of the field opposite the yard making their way down to the riverbank. They had clearly escaped.
I was a bit nervous about going to the site, but I did anyway. I parked at the entrance and hoped someone was about. Luckily there was a man in his garden. He didn't look very friendly, and seemed very suspicious, just sort of stood and stared at me, but as soon as I mentioned the horses, his whole demeanour changed and he thanked me very much and ran off up the yard.

Joey's going to be a cracker when he grows up. Will you be keeping him or selling him?
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My dad is like that wary of people bt thats from how others have treated him in the past. That was great of you, many would of left it !

He is going to be, im going to sell him i think, were someone will really appreciate him
 
Rileyboy said:
My dad is like that wary of people bt thats from how others have treated him in the past. That was great of you, many would of left it !

He is going to be, im going to sell him i think, were someone will really appreciate him
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It's a pity really. I think we're guilty of stereotyping from both sides, but we do have some stinkers round my way which doesn't help :(

I think they'll be queueing up for Joey. If I had the time, and the money, and the land....:D
 
Oh grumpyoldmare, thank you so much for giving the benefit of the doubt, how generous of you.

Rileyboy, straight away i said your horses are beautiful. Because they are. I know several travellers and am in total respect of their horse care and knowledge, it would put many here to shame. Be assured there
is no prejudice from me, I did have a little pop at your first post, it was funny and if your anything like the travellers I know you won't be worrying about it. You know where your excell, those horses show that.
 
alliersv1 said:
It's a pity really. I think we're guilty of stereotyping from both sides, but we do have some stinkers round my way which doesn't help :(

I think they'll be queueing up for Joey. If I had the time, and the money, and the land....:D
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Oh i agree completely have heard some travellers say nasty stuff about non travellers, but the thing is they hav neva spoke to one !

Im sure they will to, he is a special lad, who needs a great home and if no one fits my list he shall stay with us.
 
ribbons said:
Oh grumpyoldmare, thank you so much for giving the benefit of the doubt, how generous of you.

Rileyboy, straight away i said your horses are beautiful. Because they are. I know several travellers and am in total respect of their horse care and knowledge, it would put many here to shame. Be assured there
is no prejudice from me, I did have a little pop at your first post, it was funny and if your anything like the travellers I know you won't be worrying about it. You know where your excell, those horses show that.
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Its like i said i am first to admit my spellin is bad, the truth is at school teachers neva addressed it because "you will neva get anywere you are a gypsy" was their excuse.
 
Rileyboy said:
Oh i agree completely have heard some travellers say nasty stuff about non travellers, but the thing is they hav neva spoke to one !

Im sure they will to, he is a special lad, who needs a great home and if no one fits my list he shall stay with us.
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Well good for you for doing the right thing by him. I hope you stay around and we get to watch him grow up. He really is fab :)
 
Rileyboy said:
Its like i said i am first to admit my spellin is bad, the truth is at school teachers neva addressed it because "you will neva get anywere you are a gypsy" was their excuse.
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The more you get pushed down the more you rise, I expect your old teacher's didnt think you would be running your own business, I was told I would get nowere to........Hate to admit but they were wrong :)
 
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lee1984 said:
The more you get pushed down the more you rise, I expect your old teacher's didnt think you would be running your own business, I was told IO would get nowere to........Hate to admit but they were wrong :)
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Exactly ! when i got my grades all passd she said thats good for a gypsy

gives you the push to go further in life, would love to show her what i hav achieved ( with help from spell check ) ;)
 
Many years ago my granddad decided to make me a nameplate for one of my horse out of horse shoes. He had no idea where to get a mass of old shoes from so he went down to the local travellers. He said he was quite intimidated walking up to a group of about 11 Gypsies. He said he ended up chatting to them for an hour and that they were some of the nicest people he had come across. They told him to help himself to as many shoes as he wanted. You seem lovely, an as stated a hundred times now - your horses are gorgeous. I hope you stick around here, you certainly sound more pleasant than a lot of the "middle class" people on here.
 
FreddiesGal said:
Many years ago my granddad decided to make me a nameplate for one of my horse out of horse shoes. He had no idea where to get a mass of old shoes from so he went down to the local travellers. He said he was quite intimidated walking up to a group of about 11 Gypsies. He said he ended up chatting to them for an hour and that they were some of the nicest people he had come across. They told him to help himself to as many shoes as he wanted. You seem lovely, an as stated a hundred times now - your horses are gorgeous. I hope you stick around here, you certainly sound more pleasant than a lot of the "middle class" people on here.
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Thank you, i think that if you approach 99% of travellers with a open mind they will accept you. Same for non travellers.

I guess you sadly always meat idiots in life
 
Welcome! Gorgeous horses! I have a traditional Irish h/w cob who I found out recently may have come through Appleby! He is the most lovable, bombproof, chilled out dude, you could ever hope to own! Clearly had a very good,balanced start in life wherever he came from. :-)
 
Rileyboy said:
Today when going to the field where we keep our 5 cobs, 2 Broodmares, a ride and drive stallion and 2 youngstock. After picking their feet ut handling them etc, my dad and i started tacking up the stallion Riley to go for a hack and some old fella' who lives locally called us "thieving ***** scum" well i am 100% a traveller but i have neva stole anything in my life. I was well educated and now run a small building firm. He threatended to ring the farmer for us just dumping our ponies there. We rent the field from the farmer who has never not recieved his rent. He then had the cheek to say they were abused without their coats on. Our horses have never gone hungry or thirsty, i dont rug them because they are fine they have a field shelter and do well without rugs. Just made me feel rite sick that he could taar us with such a wrong image.

Dunt get me wrong i know some travellers do not do justice to their ponies but then i also know of non travellers who do so aswell. All of them have hay over winter and are groomed regulary.

Safe to say my old man gave him an ear full !
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this post just made me laugh... not at you OP, but at the narrow mindedness and judgemental attitude of some people... If I were you, as insulting as it was I would be hoping this idiot did 'report' you to the farmer... he'd feel a right plank then :D
 
Hutchlou said:
Welcome! Gorgeous horses! I have a traditional Irish h/w cob who I found out recently may have come through Appleby! He is the most lovable, bombproof, chilled out dude, you could ever hope to own! Clearly had a very good,balanced start in life wherever he came from. :-)
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Thank you ! We take Mav down to Appleby alot, and hopefuly Rileyshall be coming next time ! Lovely place to meet some nice horses and people, glad to hear you have such a lovely horse.
 
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