Never been so disguisted in my life

Rileyboy said:
Am sorry to hear tht brueca , you always have some who rune it for the rest. I agree I will genraly sit on anythin :)
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Not all this far north have that reputation, Rileyboy, and as we both know there are all sorts. Your horses are a credit to you and tell the whole story. I used to live on Speyside when mussel fishing was legal, I'd meet all sorts up in the summer collecting fresh water pearls as they had done for centuries. Some were lovely people. One family lived in a bender (tent made with bent hazel or willow sticks as some here may know) and kept the site immaculate. There were others who were a disgrace and I suspect they helped put an end to the fishing. First of Mayers, not true travellers. I've some lovely friends amongst the travelling community, now settled and running very successful businesses. Generally, I've never met such polite and helpful people.

As for rugging natives, why? Due to someone else's mistake, I had two of my mares foal in the middle of the worst winter for years. I was worried about the foals so built them a shelter. They didn't use it, preferring a gorse hedge and the foals couldn't have been happier -- they just grew a huge coat of thick hair and played in the snow!

My attitude is that no one can learn it all in a lifetime and we all have something to contribute to our great love and knowledge of horses. I am really pleased to see you on the forum.

As for the stupid rude people, well, there will always be those. Generally, I find it is best to be polite and smile. If nothing else, it annoys the hell out of 'em!:D
 
guido16 said:
Morning Riley,

Welcome to the forum. Lovely horses.

My neighbours, and I must say, "perfect" neighbours, are gypsies, proper traditional gypsies. Live in caravans and have been there a long time.
Love them to bits. They have a lot of horses and are the salt of the earth.
Would do anything for us, house sit and look after animals when we are away.
Guess what, they haven't burgled the house, stolen the horses or the dogs!!! Shocked? No, neither am I.

Don't let folks get you down, I would trust a traditional gypsy over some other members of society ANY day!!
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Have to agree with you guido16. My gypsy friend always looks out for me, and has said he would take action if he saw anyone lurking around my house. He's a proper traditional gypsy too, and has no time for the ones who give his people such a bad name.
 
Rileyboy said:
I always fin if your nice to us we welcom you in, its nice when people such as yourself r so welcoming
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Another thing that is lovely, money never changes hands between us, they insist. We just do each other favours, swap stuff etc food, using the washing machine, helping out, watching each others places etc.

This wouldn't happen in other communities, folks always get bitter as they think they are owed something.


Also, gypsies never use modern gadgets on their horses. Why? Simple. They don't need to.
 
lee1984 said:
How do you post photos?
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Get a Photobucket account and upload them from there. Just copy and paste the code which begins
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brucea said:
Love your skewbald and he's just an absolutely perfect weight - not easy with these cobs.

Unfortunately Riley it's the bad un's who make it hard for the travellers. Up here they have a very bad reputation, and often justifiably so
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Echo this - I'm afraid we have current concerns with an unlawful encampment of the unruly and inconsiderate variety, but it doesn't make me unable to accept there are completely law-abiding and socially agreeable travellers and really, having Rileyboy come on here and wave the flag is a welcome event!

And I must have missed Riley in the original set of pictures. He's a grand sort and spot n weight-wise. Looks very sporty.
 
Just wanted to say your horses are stunning! I've got a thing for cobby sorts anyway and that tasche is amazing! :D
You know you horses are well cared for! That's all that matters. All travellers round me that I have met are lovely people! So friendly and helpful!! Rileyboy thanks for sharing your gorgeous horses with us! :)
 
brighteyes said:
Not entirely sure but pretty certain they are bred and properly fed to do this and aren't thrashed at top speeds shod and unshod up roads? Not pulled out of fields and hooked up to sulkies...
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do they look unfed & un shod?? mine are bred for it and well looked after & better then some of the horses I get to see in livery yards left in stables with nothing just because there owners are to lazy to sort them
 
Brighteyes, you'll probably find that the good trotters and pacers are also bred to do the job just as racehorses are... It's a different job. Just because you have no personal experience with trotting and races- road or otherwise- doesn't make them any better or worse than any other horse being started young.
 
guido16 said:
Morning Riley,

Welcome to the forum. Lovely horses.

My neighbours, and I must say, "perfect" neighbours, are gypsies, proper traditional gypsies. Live in caravans and have been there a long time.
Love them to bits. They have a lot of horses and are the salt of the earth.
Would do anything for us, house sit and look after animals when we are away.
Guess what, they haven't burgled the house, stolen the horses or the dogs!!! Shocked? No, neither am I.

Don't let folks get you down, I would trust a traditional gypsy over some other members of society ANY day!!
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I totally agree and think Romany gypsies are the salt of the earth. It is the diddicoys and new age travellers that steal and leave piles of filth and litter and ignore planning laws, treat their animals badly and threaten people and rip people off doing poor quality driveways that have a bad reputation.

It would take for a very ignorant person to not see the vast divide between the 2.
 
lee1984 said:
do they look unfed & un shod?? mine are bred for it and well looked after & better then some of the horses I get to see in livery yards left in stables with nothing just because there owners are to lazy to sort them
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Not in the least! I hadn't got around to saying how well the chestnut looks, which it does :) I was saying that as with Rileyboy, the mass-breeder of the free-ranging coloureds in Wales which roam through towns causing havoc, and the awful fate of trotters bred and abused by the unsavoury travellers do nothing to help the good citizens of the Romany race.
 
brighteyes said:
Not in the least! I hadn't got around to saying how well the chestnut looks, which it does :) I was saying that as with Rileyboy, the mass-breeder of the free-ranging coloureds in Wales which roam through towns causing havoc, and the awful fate of trotters bred and abused by the unsavoury travellers do nothing to help the good citizens of the Romany race.
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Thanks,
Iv said it before you get bad apples in race/culture yet its always the travellers that gets the bad name, the horses that got killed on the M1 last night, read through the comments nearly all of them state must be a gypsy horse, aint the uk got bad weather at the moment? could it not have been an act of god? or unsavoury member of your community??
 
YasandCrystal said:
I totally agree and think Romany gypsies are the salt of the earth. It is the diddicoys and new age travellers that steal and leave piles of filth and litter and ignore planning laws, treat their animals badly and threaten people and rip people off doing poor quality driveways that have a bad reputation.

It would take for a very ignorant person to not see the vast divide between the 2.
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Just a word of caution re: diddicoy. If you read my earlier post then you will have noted that the word is usually not used in a nice context. I was born in Scotland to an Irish father and Scottish mother. I was called this as a child due to long curly black hair ultra pale skin. My understanding was that no one would willingly choose to define themselves using this word.
 
Lee.. Your horses are lovely. I especially like the foal with the large spot . What lovely markings. Not for sale eh .. Whereabouts do you live as I may make a detour on my next trip to Connemara with a horse box in tow. :D

I've been looking at those type for a while and wondering about how suitable they'd be for general riding but didn't know anyone knowledgeable and now I can just quiz you about them. :)
 
Shivvy said:
Just a word of caution re: diddicoy. If you read my earlier post then you will have noted that the word is usually not used in a nice context. I was born in Scotland to an Irish father and Scottish mother. I was called this as a child due to long curly black hair ultra pale skin. My understanding was that no one would willingly choose to define themselves using this word.
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Never heard that expression before. Is it a scottish term?
 
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