Usual assortment of nit-picking, bitchiness and "Good for you" - could be any forum I am in the "If it works for you, go for it" camp.
Uncomfortable in winter, but still do-able.
The Amish (where Jade-wisc lives) and the Mennonites where I am, use horses all the time, many of the parking lots and stores in nearby towns have hitching rails and dedicated parking for the buggies.
see that sounds right up my street Enfys... there's an empty paddock next to work, that belongs to our site.... how long would it take to hack 8 miles!? (about an hour, I know...)
My work journey was 5mls there 5mls back and Blue drove in a saddlechariot so we don't take up too much road.
Like the crack about damage to the tarmac! : (Blue is barefoot so I guess that doesn't matter)as for taxing hay...only time she gets hay is in thick snow in winter and that was for one day last year so that wouldn't effect us either