A good reason for horses not using the towpath LOL

[bigste]

Very funny

https://uk.screen.yahoo.com/fails-trips-and-falls/horse-throws-self-rider-water-205325888.html

 

[BlueStringPudding]

[Starcoaster]

I like the way the dogs reacted as if that was the funniest thing they'd ever seen!

[madcat]

Posh version of motorbikes on the towpath

[Chagall]

I found it rather sad, the horse looked frightened or was it just me imagining it was..I was glad the others on the far tow path came back for it, the rider didn't seem to be too bothered?

Posh version of motorbikes on the towpath

 

just looked like people enjoying themselves to me, I like the ones that carefully went round the boat

[MtB]

I must say, ten horses cantering along the towpath at 20mph seems far more irresponsible than mountain bikers traveling at the same speed.

 

 

MtB

[nicknorman]

Are they on the towpath though? There is a towpath on the other side, but I can't seem much evidence of a towpath on the horses' side. Let's hope there wasn't too much sharp debris in the silt to injure the horse.

[MtB]

Good point. I wonder if the dogs were on the towpath side really.

 

Or is there much (or any) canal mileage with a towpath on both sides? Not sure this has ever bin discussed before!

[nicknorman]

Good point. I wonder if the dogs were on the towpath side really.

 

Or is there much (or any) canal mileage with a towpath on both sides? Not sure this has ever bin discussed before!

You can clearly see the footpath / towpath on the dog's side for a moment. Yes there certainly are canals with towpaths on both side - the parts of BCN for one, including Netherton tunnel. But I'm not sure where the clip is taken and couldn't swear that there isn't a towpath on the horse' side, but it doesn't look like it. If there is, the person who put the boat in the way is more antisocial than the horse riders IMO, who are galloping/cantering but as far as we can see, not in the vicinity of anyone.

[Chagall]

You can clearly see the footpath / towpath on the dog's side for a moment. Yes there certainly are canals with towpaths on both side - the parts of BCN for one, including Netherton tunnel. But I'm not sure where the clip is taken and couldn't swear that there isn't a towpath on the horse' side, but it doesn't look like it. If there is, the person who put the boat in the way is more antisocial than the horse riders IMO, who are galloping/cantering but as far as we can see, not in the vicinity of anyone.

maybe it was a club outing and the boat was supposed to be a fun element?

[Guest]

maybe it was a club outing and the boat was supposed to be a fun element?

 

Fun.....hell no this is Canalworld.

 

That won't compute.

[MtB]

You can clearly see the footpath / towpath on the dog's side for a moment. Yes there certainly are canals with towpaths on both side - the parts of BCN for one, including Netherton tunnel. But I'm not sure where the clip is taken and couldn't swear that there isn't a towpath on the horse' side, but it doesn't look like it. If there is, the person who put the boat in the way is more antisocial than the horse riders IMO, who are galloping/cantering but as far as we can see, not in the vicinity of anyone.

 

 

Yes I was subconsciously musing about that too. A dinghy blocking the towpath is unheard of so may well have been put there deliberately.

 

Only one towpath in the Netherton now, one side has bin fenced orf IIRC! Shame really, not sure why...

[nicknorman]

Yes I was subconsciously musing about that too. A dinghy blocking the towpath is unheard of so may well have been put there deliberately.

 

Only one towpath in the Netherton now, one side has bin fenced orf IIRC! Shame really, not sure why...

Well to be pedantic (moi?) there are still 2 towpaths through netherton, you just can't get onto one of them very easily!

 

The canal from the tunnel down to the mainline at Dudley Port Jn has towpath both sides, as does brum to Tipton on the new mainline.

 

Ditto the Tame Valley. I guess it's a feature of the more modern canals.

Edited March 3, 2015 by nicknorman

[Wanderer Vagabond]

Well to be pedantic (moi?) there are still 2 towpaths through netherton, you just can't get onto one of them very easily!

 

The canal from the tunnel down to the mainline at Dudley Port Jn has towpath both sides, as does brum to Tipton on the new mainline.

 

Ditto the Tame Valley. I guess it's a feature of the more modern canals.

Coseley Tunnel also has towpaths on each side although I'm not entirely sure why since approaching from Factory locks there is only one towpath on the right!

[Cruising Mike]

I didn't find this funny at all. Horse clearly looks scared, and i second nick's concerns about the canal bed

[Pykebird]

Not sure even I would attempt this, although it does show some bold horses! They will usually swim, think it looks a bit shocked rather than frightened, just glad it was shallow enough for it to jump out.

[grannykins]

Poor horse - glad it got out safely!

[Starcoaster]

The horse that refused and leapt for the the cut looked no more frightened/alarmed than any other horses that regularly decide to piss about with a fence and ditch the rider, due to being threatened by the presence of a stray crisp packet, invisible demon or general pigheadedness. Not that similar has ever happened to me, obvs.

[BruceinSanity]

It's the poor sod who had to clean the tack I feel sorry for. Am I right in thinking that the rider ended up on the opposite side of the cut to the horse?