In reply to G3NYY:
What view are you trying to ascribe to me, Walt? I thought I had made it clear enough, did I not say “…so my attitude is that the mess is unpleasant and the owner should clear it up…”?
Are you trying to make it sound as if I said that the mess should be left? All I am saying in addition to the above is that in real terms the risk is very small, which is beyond denial - compared with the risk of being hit by a vehicle it is microscopic!
73
Brian G8ADD
In reply to G8ADD:
Brian
You may find the advice in the leaflet here of interest:
http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/uploads/publication/9461.pdf
73
Richard
G3CWI
In reply to G3CWI:
I’ve not set foot on the North York Moors since getting megablisters doing the Lyke Wake Walk many years ago (I think it was 1977) but I’ll make a note of it. Rest assured I always go out with a pocket full of little black bags!
73
Brian G8ADD
In reply to G3NYY:
Anyone know how many horse owners take plastic bag,s
with them when out for a ride…
AND USE THEM
JUST A THOUGHT …!!!
GRAHAM GW0HUS
In reply to GW0HUS:
In reply to G3CWI:
They make up-market writing paper from elephant poo. I had some once and wrote some jumbo length letters to my friends!
(Ay-thang-yew-all) 
Back to the OT subject… herbivore poo is a lot less unpleasant than omnivore poo. That’s why you don’t get fined if don’t clean up after your horse.
Andy
MM0FMF
In reply to MM0FMF:
They make up-market writing paper from elephant poo.
It’s rubbish, can’t give it away. Got a trunk full of the stuff in the loft somewhere…
I keep trying to leave my litter on the summit but they always follow me home.
Actually that is not quite true, usually I follow them. Something to do with being older, fatter and less fit.
Steve GW7AAV who just got back from two weeks of rain in GM ;0( and feels like a jilted lover. I still love Scotland but does it love me?
In reply to GW7AAV:
who just got back from two weeks of rain in GM
Not a cloud in the sky this morning. Bright blue, no wind. Looks like it will be a peach of a day for walking.
Andy
MM0FMF
In reply to GW0HUS:
Anyone know how many horse owners take plastic bags
with them when out for a ride…
AND USE THEM
I remember in the 1940s, my grandmother used to go out into the street with a shovel after the milkman’s horse and cart had been past in the mornings. She said there was nothing better than horse manure for fertilising the roses!
73,
Walt (G3NYY)
P.S. Shall we now start a thread about why you never see white dog poo in the summer any more?
In reply to MM0FMF:
Not a cloud in the sky this morning. Bright blue, no wind. Looks like
it will be a peach of a day for walking.
The last 2m Backpackers/Hilltoppers contest of the year starts at 1100 UTC today.
73,
Walt (G3NYY)
In reply to G3NYY:
I remember in the 1940s, my grandmother used to go out into the street
with a shovel after the milkman’s horse and cart had been past in the
mornings. She said there was nothing better than horse manure for
fertilising the roses!
absolutely correct! I still do it today, although it is not the milkman’s cart I go after. Well, living in the countryside nowadays does have certain advantages
73 Bernhard DL4CW
In reply to DL4CW:
I agree! There is a stables not too far away and sometimes I get a few bags of manure from them. Manure+epsom salts=great roses!
73
Brian G8ADD
In reply to G3NYY:
Was the Milkman,s horse named
"Trigger"
and did he pull the fastest milkcart in the West …!!!
Graham Gw0hus
In reply to GW0HUS:
Was the Milkman,s horse named
“Trigger”
and did he pull the fastest milkcart in the West …!!!
The milkman’s name was Ernie …
73 de G3NYY