Fwd: EuroEnduro: Fw: F & M and Road Riding

["Jasmine Cave" <barefootappy@hotmail.com>]

from euroenduro


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>      here in sunny Brum we were all told to stay on our farms/livery yards
>      very firmly by the council once the F&M outbreak started.  All the
>      local parks which a join farm land or have a sizable wild animal
>      population have been closed as well.
>
>      This was backed up by a rumoured £3,000 fine for riding out in parks
>      in walsall where my neddy lives!
>
>       I have been amazed however to see that the local free range pig
>      farm/beef farm / farm shop has been allowed to continue to trade with
>      NO precautions what so ever in terms of disinfectant for shoppers 
>cars
>      put out!
>
>      I personally agree that it is ludicrous that drivers can drive around
>      and walkers can walk around the roads carrying spores where ever they
>      wish , but also see the point that horses are overall more likely to
>      have been in contact with spores than the average member of the
>      public.
>
>      I only know of one person locally who broke the unoffical ( or is it
>      offical) ban on riding of their yard on the roads.  they did so by
>      sneaking out early, and nealry got run down by a yard owner who  also
>      has beef cattle locally. I cant agree with his action but can see why
>      he felt the way he did and I would worry about provoking a F & M road
>      rage accident myself.
>
>      We have virtually all turned our horses away here with the exception
>      of a women who produced driving cobs who drives them in the turnout
>      field accopmanied by all the turned out horses ( hence reason no one
>      rides in there!).  But then we do have good turnout.
>
>      Im so glad that I did and also abided by the BHS advice as the yard 
>is
>      now within the 5 mile zone for F&M with a case nearly in the centre 
>of
>      Walsall - bet not many of you knew there was dairy farms within 8
>      miles of Brum town centre.
>
>      Tamara
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