LittleRooketRider
Well-Known Member
What is wrong with people!
Due to the instructor being unwell my lesson was cancelled today, so i decided to go on a hack. First proper hack on my own, on my new girlie. Roo is not the most confident of road-users but with encouragement (pats and polos) and sensible drivers she happily goes along...any way back to today...
was feeling really pleased with her by the half way point she had waited patietly in large gateways for a milk tanker and a tractor to go by (which they did very considerately ie slowly..thanks to them) and walked past a tractor which pulled over of his own accord to let us buy (thank to you too) and didn't bat an eyelid when a smallish sainsbury delivery lorry went by steadily (and thanks to you).
This is great progress for her...cue the pr@t in the tractor with the cattle trailer on the back. OI know this road well there are no completely safe pullins for a riders along this stretch if the horse is a bit flighty because the gateways are not very deep and are framed by quite deep ditches that rrun parallel to the road. So I asked him to stop, in the appropriate highway code/riding road safety manner because I knew it would be safer/better for me to quietly walk past him whilst stationary, por worst case scenario get off and lead her past.
But no he just keep s coming, I repeat my signals then pull in to one of these gateways and continue asking him to stop (feeling Roo getting more worried byt the minute). He keeps coming, cattle trailer rattling...Roo freaks a little and goes up , before skittering out into the road and trying to charge back the way we came. Whilst getting her under control and in the prancing on the spot mode I quickly check what he is doing..has he stopped? NOPE!
So whilst I'm desperately trying to calm down Roo who is now boggling her eyes and going sideways up the road he is still moving forwards towards me...genius
I signal for him to stop again and he gestures behind him..if he was meaning the carsd behind him were waiting, yes they were, they had seen me and had stopped.
Deciding he was a lost cause I turned and trotted back 400m up the road to a house with a large open driveway to stop and let him go past...did he wait or hold back a little ? NOPE! just kept coming up my backside. I didn't thank him when he went past, he didn't even acknowledge me. I thanked the three cars, the last of which stopped to check I was alright
I then hacked home without any problems. Sorry its long but I am pretty p;ss3d off.
Due to the instructor being unwell my lesson was cancelled today, so i decided to go on a hack. First proper hack on my own, on my new girlie. Roo is not the most confident of road-users but with encouragement (pats and polos) and sensible drivers she happily goes along...any way back to today...
was feeling really pleased with her by the half way point she had waited patietly in large gateways for a milk tanker and a tractor to go by (which they did very considerately ie slowly..thanks to them) and walked past a tractor which pulled over of his own accord to let us buy (thank to you too) and didn't bat an eyelid when a smallish sainsbury delivery lorry went by steadily (and thanks to you).
This is great progress for her...cue the pr@t in the tractor with the cattle trailer on the back. OI know this road well there are no completely safe pullins for a riders along this stretch if the horse is a bit flighty because the gateways are not very deep and are framed by quite deep ditches that rrun parallel to the road. So I asked him to stop, in the appropriate highway code/riding road safety manner because I knew it would be safer/better for me to quietly walk past him whilst stationary, por worst case scenario get off and lead her past.
But no he just keep s coming, I repeat my signals then pull in to one of these gateways and continue asking him to stop (feeling Roo getting more worried byt the minute). He keeps coming, cattle trailer rattling...Roo freaks a little and goes up , before skittering out into the road and trying to charge back the way we came. Whilst getting her under control and in the prancing on the spot mode I quickly check what he is doing..has he stopped? NOPE!
So whilst I'm desperately trying to calm down Roo who is now boggling her eyes and going sideways up the road he is still moving forwards towards me...genius
I signal for him to stop again and he gestures behind him..if he was meaning the carsd behind him were waiting, yes they were, they had seen me and had stopped.
Deciding he was a lost cause I turned and trotted back 400m up the road to a house with a large open driveway to stop and let him go past...did he wait or hold back a little ? NOPE! just kept coming up my backside. I didn't thank him when he went past, he didn't even acknowledge me. I thanked the three cars, the last of which stopped to check I was alright
I then hacked home without any problems. Sorry its long but I am pretty p;ss3d off.