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Thanks for the generalisation, MC!
You said you didn’t want to generalise, but you did, anyway.I’m of travelling stock myself. Though we’re not Roma ourselves, I’m pretty sure that, ironically, "gray" sounds like one of their words for "horse".
Historically, I’d say that the only group on these islands who’ve been involved with horses as long as travellers is the aristocracy, so, perhaps , precedence does not favour your view.
In fact, I’d say the racing industry worldwide would fall to pieces without the imput of those of travelling descent.Anyway, it doesn’t look as though Appleby will be on your agenda this year, though I do think you’d find Ballinasloe far worse.
good n ews he lost the apeal to have the 29 donkeys and shetlands returned to him thank god there is some justice………….
one can never understand the mentality.of people who have animals . and dont look after them .and when they are found out .we should treat them the same.and see if they like it
Anyway, it doesn’t look as though Appleby will be on your agenda this year,
Appleby Horse Fair is ineffably wonderful in an atavistic, timeless sorta way and should be on everyone’s agenda at least once. Fair apart, to be amidst the sub-Cumbrian hills in early June is reason enough to make a bee-line for the area.
I first went some twenty-five years ago and being younger and a just a little dafter, it was the prospect of the then unusual experience of all-day pub opening (otherwise restricted to the weekly ‘market daze’ exemption of many small towns) that drew me as much as a wish to wallow with those whose passions lie not with the common throng, and their ‘osses. But it was they who left a lasting impression, long after just another alcoholic veil had lifted.
Rough-and-ready, dodgy, violent, no place for the faint-hearted nor (in its sickly sentimental sense) animal lovers, but immensely colourful and entertaining. Provided in the main by characters who could have stepped straight out of a Thomas Hardy novel…
…and viewed through new-millennial sanitized eyes would be best advised to return and remain there.
You’re waxing very lyrical there, Drone, and I’m convinced that that you are sincere.
However, are you sure you didn’t see any of this:
" Everywhere you go in this country you see fields with horses who appear to be the sorts owned by "travellers". These people have no right to own animals and should be prevented from doing so by extreme means."MC.
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However, are you sure you didn’t see any of this:
" Everywhere you go in this country you see fields with horses who appear to be the sorts owned by "travellers". These people have no right to own animals and should be prevented from doing so by extreme means."MC.
Yep saw it. I may wax lyrical on occasions Sean (love a bit of hyperbole when in the mood) but I also know the beginning of wisdom is silence: much as I remain quiet when confronted by such as:
"Everywhere you go in this country you see council estates that appear to be full of work-shy, pill-popping yobs. These people have no right to state benefits and should be prevented from doing so by extreme means"
Copyright: Miss Lower-middle-class (Daily Mail reader)
Thank you, Drone.
It seems the Daily Mail readers have a nose for rooting out these "undesirables".
Perhaps it was over-enthusiatic "chav-bashing" that caused the paper to shoot itself in the foot recently by allowing extremists to express their views in the recent Jones article.
I don’t suppose you attend Bampton and Stow, Drone?
Thank you, Thomasheen
Bampton, Oxon and Stow-on-the-Wold so Scroogle informs me.
I fear for the future of these time-honoured gatherings with the spectres of health-and-safety and public-liability looming ever larger.
Even the genteel and well-endowed Bakewell Show has struggled to meet insurance demands
Not quite, Drone:
Bampton in North Devon.
Stow on the Wold in Gloucestershire.
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Godammed nappers get everywhere, don’t they just?
As posted on the BBC News website a fortnight ago and stupidly only spotted by me this morning. I don’t think this is cruelty on quite the
numerical
scale of the Amersham case of a few years ago, but it’s pretty reprehensible even so;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16471012
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