what wierd n wonderful things have you found out hacking?

A ferret! My old mare was heading home along a track in the woods, when we spotted it- the closer we got the more excited it was until we stopped and it climbed up her legs and hung onto her boot. I hopped off, and a motorbike pulled up behind us. We all stood for a while looking at the ferret, until the biker eventually enquired whether I often took my ferret out with my horse- halfway through the explanation that it wasn't mine, he started his bike back up. The mare jumped, ferret fell off and she stood on it! After removing her from it, i checked it out- nothing visibly squashed so I rode home with him in my jacket and the blue cross kindly rehomed him for me the next day.

Lots of rude couples- I have a habit of knocking on the roof and asking if they have broken down and whether they need a hand ;)
 
Gladly I've never seen any flashers - {phew}. But during a nice woodland hack we have been 'attacked' by a fridge and a double size duvet - or at least ponio thought we were ;).

Also seen a few random things hanging from trees - underwear, trousers, trainers .... :)
 
Nothing anywhere near as excited as some of you but where I used to hack with my old boy we used to discover all kinds of interesting things. A double mattress dumped in the woods that hung around for a few years, an old armchair dumped down a bridlepath, a pram up a tree, a fishing tent complete with fisherman, half-fallen trees, various bits of dumped rubbish (including a bbq once) and a digger that hung around near the yard gate for a few days
 
I once found (or did he find me?) a strongly accented and incredibly well dressed african man. He was in a hedge in the middle of nowhere in rural Wiltshire. Jumped out, scared us out of our wits, told me that the shetland I was leading was beautiful, followed us for a bit and then disappeared into the hedge on the other side of the track...
 
When Chico was off work for a week I felt bad for my teenage sharer not being able to ride so told her she could walk him out in hand down the lanes. Her and another young teen from the yard walked out together with Chico.

Apparently they happened upon a car parked up on the side of the lane with two people up to something they shouldnt have been :eek::eek:
 
A man jumping out of his car pulling his trouser UP!

On a separate occasion near this spot £40. Turned out this was the motivation to dismount and mount a 16.2 without assistance!
 
I found my own dog once. Was trotting through a local field about a mile from my house and alittle more from my yard and she was just laying in the middle of the feild. Turned out she'd opened one of the downstairs windows and taken herself for a walk!
 
We encountered a couple of jolly nice fellows skinny dipping in a secluded pond. They hopped out and sat on the bank while we rode past (wish they hadn't!!).

And then last week we rode past a huge sack of parsnips.

As you do!
 
Just remembered....came across a man with fishing tent on a riverbank.
He had with him a dog.
A pram (empty)
A shetland pony....untethered.
To get past we would have had to trample his tent, pitched as it was on the track and negotiate his livestock. He was clinging onto dog with one hand and shetty with the other and fearing he would possibly get both arms ripped off we turned and went the long way round......
 
katastrophykat said:
A ferret! My old mare was heading home along a track in the woods, when we spotted it- the closer we got the more excited it was until we stopped and it climbed up her legs and hung onto her boot. I hopped off, and a motorbike pulled up behind us. We all stood for a while looking at the ferret, until the biker eventually enquired whether I often took my ferret out with my horse- halfway through the explanation that it wasn't mine, he started his bike back up. The mare jumped, ferret fell off and she stood on it! After removing her from it, i checked it out- nothing visibly squashed so I rode home with him in my jacket and the blue cross kindly rehomed him for me the next day.

Lots of rude couples- I have a habit of knocking on the roof and asking if they have broken down and whether they need a hand ;)
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That ferret story made me laugh out loud, hilarious!

I was once passed about four times by the same car on one ride. I'd just got to the quiet road the yard was on when he approached again. I suddenly realised he hadn't gone past but was keeping pace next to me so I looked down and he was, er, "vigorously exposing himself", as a newspaper once put it ;)

I decided to ignore him but my horse was a bit bothered by the car so close so I took my whip and smacked it on the car roof as hard as I could - he shot off pretty quick!
 
Re flashers: address them in a kindly patronising voice and say " aww, that looks just like a penis, only smaller!! Haha :D
 
Liam Gallagher!

I was a huge Oasis fan back in the day and they were playing in our local city. I was about 16 at the time and I found out that they were staying in our village and my mind was completely blown. Not only this but they were at the hotel next door to my livery yard! So early one morning I decided to take my old mare out for a hack. As I was passing the hotel I looked and could see a couple of fancy silver cars heading towards me down the drive and as it passed I saw him leaning right out of the window punching the air as I just so happened to have on a Manchester City scarf! Slightly rabbit in the headlights for a second as he passed by commenting on "nice horse better scarf" or similar. Then if you can imagine, I turned my mare around, dug my heels in and we did an acceleration that would put a Ferrari to shame, honestly you have never seen a highland pony move so fast, because I going to keep up with this car for as long as possible! We flew down the verge, him still leaning out of the window whooping at me and me just screaming back at him like some kind of blood thirsty Jacobite riding into battle. We eventually halted at the junction with the main road and his car drove off. A very surreal moment for me and a bit of a WTF moment for my old girl I would imagine. I was rather hysterical and jelly legged at this point and she just plodded on and took me home. Bless her, she was a lovely beast and my god she put up with a lot!
 
Last week, a woman, bent over, naked from the waist down and a man, similarly clothes, whacking her on the bottom with something. Think they thought they were far from the footpath but hadn't realised they were 2m from a bridleway! Just about made it past them before killing myself laughing.
 
Many years ago my MIL and I were out on a hack and came round a corner to come face to face with a baby elephant being walked along the road. My usually unfazed mare didn't know what to do with herself and then snorted and pranced all the way home. Never found out why someone was walking a baby elephant through a very small village in Wales!! Also on another occasion whilst out on my young mare that had done very little came across a young puppy being followed by its mum and another three pups. I had to get of the horse, pick all the pups up and stick them in my jacket then lead the horse and luckily the mother followed me. The dogs were collected by the police and were sent to re homing centre in Cornwall. Also my SIL whilst out hunting needed a wee so she hid behind some bushes and was in the middle of weeing when a few huntsmen cantered past and her mare dragged her from behind the bush with her jodhpurs still half way down her legs right infront of a few more people. Wonder if any of them are on here now and remember seeing a girl being dragged from behind a bush by a pony with her bum on show.:D:D
 
Opalfruits & I went on a hack once with our share horse. But from the yard there was this mysterious white powder in blobs on the floor, so we followed it. About 2 hours later we ended up in a deserted farmers field with a tiny random building in. Got scared and didn't want to continue incase it was farmer giles waiting to kill us... How embarrassing! To be fair out share horse started to get a bit nervy, well she was probably just shattered :p
 
Nothing interesting. We did once find out walking on one of (my employers) woodlands, a dead cow, chopped up and in four one tonne bags :eek: it was miles down this track with no vehicular access, you'd struggle to get a quad bike down it is so bad and we couldn't fathom how anyone could have got it there :confused: my boss needed to get permission to bury it as we could not shift it and returned a while later with some officials to find (dum dum duuuuuum!) it had gone?!:eek: So all we could think was someone's cow had bizarrely died down there and they removed it by splitting it into bags. Nice :o:D
 
When I was a kid I was riding to meet my friend and saw a couple "having fun"!! the other side of the hedge I guess they didn't realse it was a bridle path and that on horseback we could see ' over' the hedge!!! Their faces when they saw my head appear was priceless!!
I also met a tank once which was when I found out just how high my horse could jump as we ended up in someone's front garden. If that had been now I would have needed counseling but back then I remember thinking ooh cool that fence must have been 5ft!! Ahh the confidence of youth!! Love this thread!
 
I've met a naked rambler who was only wearing a pair of hiking boots, a couple at it - they obviously didn't realise the secluded spot they had chosen was right beside a bridlepath. They weren't amused by my cheery 'good morning, lovely day for it!'.
I've also met what seemed like half the Army - bumbling along on the moor when Pie got all nervous and jumpy. Nothing to see, told him not to be so silly. Then all the bushes around us stood up - a load of squaddies very well camouflaged - laughing as Pie had hysterics!
 
I wish my hacks were this eventful (although I'd happily do without the giant cobweb:o)!

cattysmith said:
Liam Gallagher!

I was a huge Oasis fan back in the day and they were playing in our local city. I was about 16 at the time and I found out that they were staying in our village and my mind was completely blown. Not only this but they were at the hotel next door to my livery yard! So early one morning I decided to take my old mare out for a hack. As I was passing the hotel I looked and could see a couple of fancy silver cars heading towards me down the drive and as it passed I saw him leaning right out of the window punching the air as I just so happened to have on a Manchester City scarf! Slightly rabbit in the headlights for a second as he passed by commenting on "nice horse better scarf" or similar. Then if you can imagine, I turned my mare around, dug my heels in and we did an acceleration that would put a Ferrari to shame, honestly you have never seen a highland pony move so fast, because I going to keep up with this car for as long as possible! We flew down the verge, him still leaning out of the window whooping at me and me just screaming back at him like some kind of blood thirsty Jacobite riding into battle. We eventually halted at the junction with the main road and his car drove off. A very surreal moment for me and a bit of a WTF moment for my old girl I would imagine. I was rather hysterical and jelly legged at this point and she just plodded on and took me home. Bless her, she was a lovely beast and my god she put up with a lot!
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^ This is fab:D
 
Pie's mum said:
I've met a naked rambler who was only wearing a pair of hiking boots, a couple at it - they obviously didn't realise the secluded spot they had chosen was right beside a bridlepath. They weren't amused by my cheery 'good morning, lovely day for it!'.
I've also met what seemed like half the Army - bumbling along on the moor when Pie got all nervous and jumpy. Nothing to see, told him not to be so silly. Then all the bushes around us stood up - a load of squaddies very well camouflaged - laughing as Pie had hysterics!
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I'd have died of fright! :D
 
Met a go-kart in the lane last year. Heard voices in the field but didn't see anyone. Assume kids having fun and parked it.
Also came across a guy in a tree.. 'morning, lovely day for climbing a tree' didn't quite seem appropriate.
A moving rubbish bag.. positive a cat/fox was inside, but it was going quite quick - we were going faster mind! :eek:
A few people 'at it' in their parked cars.
A man fly-tipping.. he didn't tip much, as he saw me, and drove off sharpish.
Lose pigs a few years ago!!
 
debsg said:
Re flashers: address them in a kindly patronising voice and say " aww, that looks just like a penis, only smaller!! Haha :D
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ROFLMAO - have to remember this should I ever come across such a situation!

Pie's mum said:
I've met a naked rambler who was only wearing a pair of hiking boots, a couple at it - they obviously didn't realise the secluded spot they had chosen was right beside a bridlepath. They weren't amused by my cheery 'good morning, lovely day for it!'.
I've also met what seemed like half the Army - bumbling along on the moor when Pie got all nervous and jumpy. Nothing to see, told him not to be so silly. Then all the bushes around us stood up - a load of squaddies very well camouflaged - laughing as Pie had hysterics!
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Loving the squaddies


We had one hack where we came across alpaccas followed by an emu - ended up being dubbed the zoo ride :D
 
A bicycle, a gun and a dead man...all together at the top of my canter track. Worst part is that that wasn't the worst part of my day!
 
My then boyfriend chose the same moment to tell me (by text) that he'd been doing things he shouldn't have been. Fair to say that was a bad day!
 
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