David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
Duplicated post so deleted with feeling.........as the ponies might be.......
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Equine Squatters!
- Thread starter Mark Pickford
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Guys, don't fall out over this! I assumed David meant knock-off the Pikeys 
Larry, David is right re the travelling folk. A few years ago, they broke into our stables and stole the ride-on mower, having knocked down a section of the fence to get in.
A week later, the police caught them in their van, red-handed with our mower in the back. Sadly, as they have no proper identity and are all call Davey-Boy or such, no-one was prosecuted as the Police/CPS said it was not worth pursuing. We got the mower back, but no compensation for having to rebuild the fence etc.
A plague.
Current update. Ponies still there! I quite like the suggestion of painting them. Perhaps fluorescent green?
Larry, David is right re the travelling folk. A few years ago, they broke into our stables and stole the ride-on mower, having knocked down a section of the fence to get in.
A week later, the police caught them in their van, red-handed with our mower in the back. Sadly, as they have no proper identity and are all call Davey-Boy or such, no-one was prosecuted as the Police/CPS said it was not worth pursuing. We got the mower back, but no compensation for having to rebuild the fence etc.
A plague.
Current update. Ponies still there! I quite like the suggestion of painting them. Perhaps fluorescent green?
My, what an exceptionally pleasant fellow...
Breaking animals' legs, etc., is something any normal person "has (a) vested (interest) in" opposing, sir...whether he resides in the U.S.A. or anywhere else.
David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
One more on the blocked list.
Guys, don't fall out over this! I assumed David meant knock-off the Pikeys
Larry, David is right re the travelling folk. A few years ago, they broke into our stables and stole the ride-on mower, having knocked down a section of the fence to get in.
A week later, the police caught them in their van, red-handed with our mower in the back. Sadly, as they have no proper identity and are all call Davey-Boy or such, no-one was prosecuted as the Police/CPS said it was not worth pursuing. We got the mower back, but no compensation for having to rebuild the fence etc.
A plague.
Thanks, Mark. I am familiar with the "Traveler Community" and their reputation. Staunch citizens all (sarcasm). We have a few over here believe it or not - although obviously nowhere near the number you have to deal with over there.
Anyway, as you probably recognized, I was only addressing the proposed 'solutions' to the specific 'pony' issue at hand. Why Mr. Morton got all bent out of shape enough to make an international incident out of that is totally beyond me.
:chug:
I think he is uncomfortable with the Frankenstein he helped create.
Jim Craik
Lifetime Supporter
Originally Posted by David Morton
Once again, another American sticking his nose into something he has no vested inerest in./QUOTE]
But Brits sticking their nose into something they have no vested inerest in, thats OK?
HYPOCRITE!!!!!
hypocrite
A hypocrite preaches one thing, and does another. You're a hypocrite if you criticize people for doing something that you yourself do all the time!
Why don't you just put us all on ignore and go "dance" with your car?
Hi Mark,
I hope you can resolve this. They are a problem in Essex, you have probably all heard of the illegal Dale Farm site that was cleared awhile back.
My parents have had to remove hare coursers. A friend had asbestos dumped in his farm drive, which then made it his responsibility according to the powers that be...
Batteries stolen from another farm, etc, etc.
Sadly, direct action seems to be the only way to deal with these parasites.
I hope you can resolve this. They are a problem in Essex, you have probably all heard of the illegal Dale Farm site that was cleared awhile back.
My parents have had to remove hare coursers. A friend had asbestos dumped in his farm drive, which then made it his responsibility according to the powers that be...
Batteries stolen from another farm, etc, etc.
Sadly, direct action seems to be the only way to deal with these parasites.
Pete McCluskey.
Lifetime Supporter
Are Pikeys Gypsies, or a different group altogether?
Pat
Supporter
Heck, I thought hare coursers went out a hundred years ago. This thread really has expanded by vocabulary.
My solution: aren't the Irish still selling Tesco burgers? I understand they found a jockey’s whip in their 1/4 pounder.
I mean really, is eating #horsemeat really that bad? Let’s put it to the vote. All those in favor say ‘aye’, all those against say ‘neigh’.
Maybe there is a local market for the ponies at a deli near you.
— I had a burger earlier, now I’ve got the trots.
— I tried the Aldi ones but I prefer my Lidl pony!
— I think people who don’t like the thought of eating horsemeat are being a bit blinkered.
— What do you call a burnt burger? A Black Beauty.
— I shouldn’t have gone for a run after my burger at lunchtime, I really struggled over the last two furlongs.
— To beef or not to beef, that is equestrian.
— Was going to give up fast food but fell at the final hurdle.
— Can I have mane with cheese, please? And stirrup the relish.
— Breaking News: Traces of zebras found in Tesco barcodes.
— Horsemeat is an essential part of a stable diet.
— I hear now that the horse meat was smuggled into Ireland by a mule.
— I had a burger last night. I woke up this morning with a bit in my mouth.
My solution: aren't the Irish still selling Tesco burgers? I understand they found a jockey’s whip in their 1/4 pounder.
I mean really, is eating #horsemeat really that bad? Let’s put it to the vote. All those in favor say ‘aye’, all those against say ‘neigh’.
Maybe there is a local market for the ponies at a deli near you.
— I had a burger earlier, now I’ve got the trots.
— I tried the Aldi ones but I prefer my Lidl pony!
— I think people who don’t like the thought of eating horsemeat are being a bit blinkered.
— What do you call a burnt burger? A Black Beauty.
— I shouldn’t have gone for a run after my burger at lunchtime, I really struggled over the last two furlongs.
— To beef or not to beef, that is equestrian.
— Was going to give up fast food but fell at the final hurdle.
— Can I have mane with cheese, please? And stirrup the relish.
— Breaking News: Traces of zebras found in Tesco barcodes.
— Horsemeat is an essential part of a stable diet.
— I hear now that the horse meat was smuggled into Ireland by a mule.
— I had a burger last night. I woke up this morning with a bit in my mouth.
As understand it, "Pikeys" = "Travellers"...as opposed to gypsies:
Difference Between Gypsies and Travellers | Difference Between | Gypsies vs Travellers
Rob,
We have Sheriffs with "balls" that would help out! That's what is perplexing with this situation: No one in authority will help the true victims. It would be great if the ponies could be "donated" to a Horse Therapy center (a win:win for the ponies and the physically challenged participants) AND help out Mark.
We have Sheriffs with "balls" that would help out! That's what is perplexing with this situation: No one in authority will help the true victims. It would be great if the ponies could be "donated" to a Horse Therapy center (a win:win for the ponies and the physically challenged participants) AND help out Mark.
David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
Doc,
I wish, I wish.
As for Police we have hobby bobbys (Special Constables) who are totally useless and very fat corporals - at least thats what I call them as they are not sergeants though they call themselves officers). Our local Asda Superstore allows them to eat for free in the staff canteen. (Probably a fate worse than death)
The last event here was two male Pikeys (who camped their caravans a field about 500 yds from here ) attempted to lever open one of our doors and damaged it in the process. They were disturbed in the process, ran through the gate into the field and crossed the first field and disappeared into their caravan site. The gate now has 4x2" beams /planks permanently nailed so cannot be opened.
The hobby bobby and a 20ish year old girl arrived about 90 minutes later, followed by a forensic team (two more females) who dusted the door and screwdriver the pikeys used.
"Not a chance of anything happening" the police told me' "It was the pikeys again"
They were /have been trotting their ponies along the local A roads during the commuting times causing massive tailbacks and people late for work. The ponies are not the cause but are symptomatic of the general malaise that affects the authorities here in the UK and the fact that one of the people here on the website have been denied use of their own land by pikeys is so ridiculous. If the RSPCA stopped chasing legal battles over wills and got on with the job, these disowned ponies would be put down, chains to lift them onto a flat bed, and taken away to the incinerator. At my previous address, one pony was loose and in a neighbours garden and had obviously been hit by a car. It was totally wild and was humanely killed by a bolt gun.
Pikeys never go to court. They are without names and just disappear to another settlement in another county so the plods(police) just give up. The local field owner, at considerable expense,has now put huge piles of earth all around the field to prevent the pikeys coming back. They will be back and the mounds of earth will hide them from view. The facts remain. The ponies will affect someone elses field as well.
And...get this... The police tell me that if someone (could only be a pikey)
injured ie by razor wire or electric fence or whatever, trying to get into my property them I am liable to be prosecuted.
I wish, I wish.
As for Police we have hobby bobbys (Special Constables) who are totally useless and very fat corporals - at least thats what I call them as they are not sergeants though they call themselves officers). Our local Asda Superstore allows them to eat for free in the staff canteen. (Probably a fate worse than death)
The last event here was two male Pikeys (who camped their caravans a field about 500 yds from here ) attempted to lever open one of our doors and damaged it in the process. They were disturbed in the process, ran through the gate into the field and crossed the first field and disappeared into their caravan site. The gate now has 4x2" beams /planks permanently nailed so cannot be opened.
The hobby bobby and a 20ish year old girl arrived about 90 minutes later, followed by a forensic team (two more females) who dusted the door and screwdriver the pikeys used.
"Not a chance of anything happening" the police told me' "It was the pikeys again"
They were /have been trotting their ponies along the local A roads during the commuting times causing massive tailbacks and people late for work. The ponies are not the cause but are symptomatic of the general malaise that affects the authorities here in the UK and the fact that one of the people here on the website have been denied use of their own land by pikeys is so ridiculous. If the RSPCA stopped chasing legal battles over wills and got on with the job, these disowned ponies would be put down, chains to lift them onto a flat bed, and taken away to the incinerator. At my previous address, one pony was loose and in a neighbours garden and had obviously been hit by a car. It was totally wild and was humanely killed by a bolt gun.
Pikeys never go to court. They are without names and just disappear to another settlement in another county so the plods(police) just give up. The local field owner, at considerable expense,has now put huge piles of earth all around the field to prevent the pikeys coming back. They will be back and the mounds of earth will hide them from view. The facts remain. The ponies will affect someone elses field as well.
And...get this... The police tell me that if someone (could only be a pikey)
injured ie by razor wire or electric fence or whatever, trying to get into my property them I am liable to be prosecuted.
