Ride to work

[Cloball]

Anyone considering it yet? Not convinced it would be in any way cheaper ?https://allnewspress.com/waiter-rides-to-work-panorama/
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[Rowreach]

In theory I could, and could lob her in the field with the donkeys at work, but I probably wouldn't have the energy to ride home again afterwards.

 

[Melody Grey]

I have to take half an orchestra to work each day, so would be tricky. I could switch to penny whistle though!

 

[MotherOfChickens]

It’s 35 miles One way, he would go on strike.

 

[Pippity]

I don't know if it's really worth it for the commute from my bedroom to my spare room. And I don't think either of us would make it to Germany for when I go into the office.

 

[Peglo]

I work at a feed store so once here she would be pretty chirpy but don’t know if either of us is up to the 12 miles each way ?

 

[MuddyMonster]

I WFH. OH would have a fit at the pony I the garden ?

 

[smolmaus]

I'm still WFH but I have considered whether or not Sadie could do what she's bred to do and take me to Tescos and back in a wee cart. Thats the only thing I use the car for, except getting down to see her! She can move into the garage, I'll peg her out on the communal green in front of the house and she can cut down on the petrol used for grass mowing too.

 

[Caol Ila]

I have to take half an orchestra to work each day, so would be tricky. I could switch to penny whistle though!

The whistle is a great instrument!

I WFH. But I'm sure the horses would enjoy my tiny garden. Foinavon is bred to carry dead stags down a mountain. I think he could manage the weekly Morrison's shop.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I did once. I rode my pony to night feeds and back ? about 3 miles across the stubble fields in total ?? he was not amused that I was giving all the horses hay and feed and he was getting nothing more than a quick snatch of hay every so often!

 

[Jim bob]

I wish! Though i dont think my boy would like the helicopters that much!!

 

[Snow Falcon]

If mine were at home I would! Work is only 2 miles away and we have the school field I could pop her on.

 

[Spotherisk]

I knew someone who did just that for years, about three miles I think nearly all off road through NT woods, and then her mare remained stabled at the pub whilst she worked lunchtime service.

 

[Cloball]

My work is 16 miles I could do most of it off road if I could use the coastal bike path. Not sure grazing the helipad would be advisable.

 

[fetlock]

I did think about it years ago, when working about 5 miles away in the city centre. There was a brewery in the city centre with stables for their dray horses so did contemplate asking them if I could park my horse there during the day but never did.

When my mum worked for the Civil Service (DHSS) many years ago, a girl she worked there with did ride her horse to work a few times however. She would tether him on the central grassy roundabout right outside the main building entrance and the security man used to go out to water him throughout the day...

 

[scats]

My salon is in my garage, so not sure I’d need a horse to commute through my utility room!

 

[Red-1]

The distance is do-able. The primary school kids would, I dare say, love a horse in the school field. However, I'm not sure the risk assessments, the caretaker or some of the teachers would go for it!

The last part of the journey is also silly-traffic. I do it on my pedal bike sometimes and the wagons almost blow you over, they are so close and fast.

 

[Keith_Beef]

Anyone considering it yet? Not convinced it would be in any way cheaper ?https://allnewspress.com/waiter-rides-to-work-panorama/
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I heard this on the French radio a few weeks ago, and it made me smile. I'd like to see horses and carts used for local deliveries; in my side of town it would definitely be possible.

In January there is a cart pulled by two horses that comes around collecting Christmas trees.

But I don't know if it would be as cheap as employing short-contract or self-employed drivers who are paid peanuts and zip around over the speed limit to make their scheduled number of deliveries in as few hours as possible.

 

[planete]

I did for a while when I lived in north Wales. In all north welsh weathers. You and the horse need to be fairly traffic proof and the horse laid-back enough to be left wherever you can park him without blowing a fuse at being left somewhere a bit alien on his own for hours. I do not think it would be fair on many horses nowadays.

 

[Gamebird]

Many years ago I took a rare (and begrudged by the boss) day off to go hunting. Half way through the day my phone rang - it was the office. There was a cow to caesar and the boss was 'too busy' to do it. I rode my horse about 3 miles to the client's farm, where a nurse met me with the surgical kit. I left my horse in a cow pen, performed the caesarean, the hacked 4 miles home cross country in the now-dark.

 

[J&S]

At one time I bought the residue from a closing down tack shop, quite a lot of stuff! I sold a good proportion of it on ebay and regularly rode to the local post office to send it off. It is a 5 mile circuit, out one way, back another, a pleasant way to do business!

 

[ester]

I did think it would kill two birds with one stone when we were only 6 miles away.

Give it was porton down there was quite a strict no animals on site rule though ?? Despite the lovely patch of grass out the back that would have been perfect.

 

[thefarsideofthefield]

We often took the kids to and from the village school , about a mile away , by pony .

 

[maya2008]

I think the issue is mostly about where you would leave the horse all day while you worked! Easier to park a bicycle…