Booboos
Well-Known Member
My friend H is over for the weekend. She used to share Cakey for three years a few years ago so we were both looking forward to a horsey-filled weekend. We went for a nice hack yesterday and set off again today.
We had only gone a short while when a tractor with a silage trailer came up behind us. All the roads around here are single track lanes with hedgerow so we trotted on up the road until we could find a place wide enough for the tractor to pass safely - both horses are very safe in traffic. We popped the horses in a neighbour's driveway (she is horsey and a friend so I knew she would not mind) and the tractor came past.
At that moment the neighbour's peacocks started going nuts, shouting and openning their tails which wound up both horses. I managed to keep Rusky from going into the tractor, but he spun round and took off down the road.
I could hear Cakey behind us so I started shouting to H, "we're making these horses walk NOW H!!" to help with both our courage!! I had just about slowed Rusky to a trot when Cakey overtook us without a rider!!! Well, that was it! I thought H was hurt way back where it all happened and both horses really took off this time, galloping like crazy on the tarmac, with bends and no visibility.
This went on for quite a while, I almost had mine stopped each time, but the loose horse would set him off each time, when we saw another tractor and trailer up ahead. Luckily both horses had the sense to slow down and turned off into the driveway of a bungalow, but both were still very upset. I was just about to jump off and grab both of them when the tractor drove off, effectively clearing the road for the loose horse to go off again!!!!!!!!
I half-bailed out, half-fell off at that stage and both horses took off down the road. I called the OH to come help and maybe stop them at the yard, while hobbling back down the road to find H.
Luckily she met me half way! She had fallen off right at the start but was OK, a few bruises but OK. OH drove up a few minutes later and we all pilled in the car to chase the horses.
We found them a couple of miles down the road where they had set off another rider and her horse, but a horsey pedestrian had managed to stop everyone!!
Luckily no one was seriously hurt, just cuts, bruises and a sprained ankle, the horses seem sound and we rode both of them in the school for a few minutes to finish on a positive note, BUT I can't believe the first tractor driver drove away from an accident he was involved in, leaving H on the ground, the second tractor driver drove off making things considerably worse and the same guy failed to stop when H was trying to flag him down further down the road. What is wrong with these people? Who sees someone having an accident and drives off??
We had only gone a short while when a tractor with a silage trailer came up behind us. All the roads around here are single track lanes with hedgerow so we trotted on up the road until we could find a place wide enough for the tractor to pass safely - both horses are very safe in traffic. We popped the horses in a neighbour's driveway (she is horsey and a friend so I knew she would not mind) and the tractor came past.
At that moment the neighbour's peacocks started going nuts, shouting and openning their tails which wound up both horses. I managed to keep Rusky from going into the tractor, but he spun round and took off down the road.
I could hear Cakey behind us so I started shouting to H, "we're making these horses walk NOW H!!" to help with both our courage!! I had just about slowed Rusky to a trot when Cakey overtook us without a rider!!! Well, that was it! I thought H was hurt way back where it all happened and both horses really took off this time, galloping like crazy on the tarmac, with bends and no visibility.
This went on for quite a while, I almost had mine stopped each time, but the loose horse would set him off each time, when we saw another tractor and trailer up ahead. Luckily both horses had the sense to slow down and turned off into the driveway of a bungalow, but both were still very upset. I was just about to jump off and grab both of them when the tractor drove off, effectively clearing the road for the loose horse to go off again!!!!!!!!
I half-bailed out, half-fell off at that stage and both horses took off down the road. I called the OH to come help and maybe stop them at the yard, while hobbling back down the road to find H.
Luckily she met me half way! She had fallen off right at the start but was OK, a few bruises but OK. OH drove up a few minutes later and we all pilled in the car to chase the horses.
We found them a couple of miles down the road where they had set off another rider and her horse, but a horsey pedestrian had managed to stop everyone!!
Luckily no one was seriously hurt, just cuts, bruises and a sprained ankle, the horses seem sound and we rode both of them in the school for a few minutes to finish on a positive note, BUT I can't believe the first tractor driver drove away from an accident he was involved in, leaving H on the ground, the second tractor driver drove off making things considerably worse and the same guy failed to stop when H was trying to flag him down further down the road. What is wrong with these people? Who sees someone having an accident and drives off??
