WWYD whilst out hacking?

Depends if it was private land or not..

It it wasn't I would be tempted use the grass track to trot or canter (depending on how ground was) but would keep off the stuble

It it was private land, I would find another route.
 
Carry on along the designated public bridleway/road/permitted route I was on unless i had had already got permission from the specific landowner to say i could go for a good hoolley around! If i did have permission i would have had a good pipe opener.
 
gallop accross the stubble - the grass track may be under a rural stewardship scheme which means it should not be used for recreational use
(i'm in scotland though so have right to roam ;))
 
martlin said:
I would carry on on my merry way whilst making a mental note to ask the landowner ffor permission to ride there.
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This!

One of the farmers near our yard has kindly given permission for us to ride on his stubble fields as long as we DON'T ride round the edge of it as he gets some kind of grant/money for keeping this natural (I don't know the ins and outs)

Personally I would never ride on someone elses land without permission - you don't want to ruin things for other riders by giving horse owners a bad name - but if you politely ask he may be more than happy to :)

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ou...nds/habitatofthemonth/arablefieldmargins.aspx
 
The outer area is possibly protected by a stewardship scheme and the stubble may have been drilled with a new crop so I too would look longingly but not go on to it
 
I'd carry on my way and maybe ask whos field it was to ask permission. I regularly ride by open fields with no gate. Would not dream of riding in them without permission. My OH farms and i still ask permission to ride in his fields as would not want to cause issues. His job is hard enough as it is.
 
All the fields round here are like that - not a fence in sight. But most of them are under the stewardship scheme so you'd get a frosty reception if you went on them. In addition, the farmer next door has just dug a ten-foot pit in his field to clear the land drain bordering our garden which is great for him because he'll be able to plough and great for us because it's draining our garden but you wouldn't see it until you were in it if you were galloping!
 
As a kid and with a farming background I'd be getting chased out by the farmer :o I feel guilty now!

Now not without permission, but most farmers I've found are happy to let you, or to point you at fields they're happy with you riding.
 
Wouldn't put a hoof on it unless I had permission.

Grass margins are often in a stewardship scheme so not to be ridden on.

Also, as Amy May said, how do you know the stubble hasn't been drilled with a crop. Rape is drilled directly into wheat stubble now-a-days and unless you look v. carefully you could mistake the field for stubble.

The way I look at it is - how would you feel if people merrily started walking through your garden? ;)
 
posie_honey said:
gallop accross the stubble - the grass track may be under a rural stewardship scheme which means it should not be used for recreational use
(i'm in scotland though so have right to roam ;))
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THIS!

All the farmers uparound me leave gates open if they don't mind us being in, and a shut gate means 'I'd prefer you didn't please' But obviously, legally we can open a gate as long as we don't break any locks etc. But its nice to be respectful because maybe one day it will be open :D
 
amymay said:
Out of interest, how would you know that this field had not been drilled with next year's crop?
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Can't speak for PH but normally around my area we know sort of who's doing what, and as above - open gate means come in, shut gate means please stay out.

There's a couple of fields with no gates, but are accessed through gaps in the hedges and the farmer just puts some wire across, not to stop just horses but lads on bikes, dog walkers etc.
 
amymay said:
Out of interest, how would you know that this field had not been drilled with next year's crop?
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mainly because i know the local farmers (i'm a free lance farm secretary ;)) and none of them round here do min-till - but if it was a new area i'd be more cautious
 
I'm another who would gaze wistfully at it and trudge on down the lane. I'm a stickler for sticking to rights of way. I feel guilty enough if we have to go into a field entrance to let traffic pass!
 
Unless I knew the farmer was happy for riders to use it, I'd look at it the same way I look at golf courses, sigh and walk by.( Only a gallop across a golf course would be so much more fun.)
 
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