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Horse manure, delivered to your doorstep!
In view of the recent suggestion that I should have a point on my licence for dropping litter from my car window, why is it that a blind eye is turned to the mountains of horse manure that is dropped every day on our roads?
Published: 15-July-2009 19 comments

Horses have a right to be on the road too!
This is very simple! All horse riders/owners on the roads are not stuck up, posh and snobby. In fact the majority of us work really hard to afford what we do and go without other things so we can own or ride a horse!
Published: 06-January-2009 568 comments

Fireworks are a menace
Fireworks are a menace. Full stop. Loud, irritating and worthless in every respect. Have fireworks become the new ego extension for the lower classes? 'Look how big mine is' and 'See how loud that was'...
Published: 01-September-2008 45 comments

Barking dog problem makes life hell
I have a barking dog problem making life hell. Why is it that some people just don't care about others and in particular they don't give a second thought to how their pets may affect their neighbours?
Published: 25-March-2008 113 comments

Dog poop on our doorstep
We have a real problem with dog poop left quite literally on our doorstep by some selfish individual who is either too lazy or too stupid to pick it up and put it in the bin provided for this purpose!
Published: 28-January-2008 35 comments

Horse manure on the footpath
I was reading the gripe about horse manure on the road and I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to bring up something that has been irritating me for the last couple of weeks. What about horse manure on the footpath?
Published: 15-January-2008 295 comments

Dogs not allowed on some buses
I travel on buses and trains daily for my work during the week and shopping or leisure weekends. I have done this for a fair number of years and have never seen anything close to what I witnessed yesterday.
Published: 25-September-2007 30 comments

There aren't enough bridle paths
Horse riders constantly get moaned at for being on the road thereby causing motorists to have to slow down. I often hear people say 'horses shouldn't be on roads, that’s what bridle paths are for'.
Published: 23-July-2007 81 comments

Cruel tradition that kills horses
Having found out that a man drowned a horse in a river at Appleby Horse Fair this year, I ask myself WHY do we allow these cruel events to continue in the name of tradition?
Published: 17-July-2007 38 comments

My dog wasn't allowed on the bus - 146 comments

Mosquito bites are a real pain - 34 comments

Some horse owners are rude - 179 comments

Middle lane morons on the motorway - 129 comments

Reckless drivers keep horses off the road - 346 comments

Rottweiler kept as a guard dog - 538 comments

House bugs in the summer - 43 comments

Get your dog on a lead - 174 comments

Dolphins, porpoises and fishing nets - 55 comments

No bird flu vaccine for my poultry - 16 comments

Cat killed by sick individuals - 267 comments

Pheasants loose on the road - 93 comments

Dog owners are irresponsible - 221 comments

In praise of the horse - 124 comments

Horse manure on the road - 921 comments

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