The pony that is in the field with Luka belongs to a friend and she has a friend who sometimes comes up for her kids to ride him. They strike me as the sort who talk a great talk but know very little, and do even less. Anyway they came up last night to ride, as did his owner, and when I saw her I asked her to mention the gate to them as last time it hadn't been shut properly - it's tied shut with a rope.
Well I went up this morning to find them both out the field. Thankfully they hadn't gone far, but they could easily have got out onto the road or onto a bridleway and from there miles of open land and as the crow flies busy main roads. Called YO immediately thinking they'd broken the fencing somehow, but when we got to the field the gate was wide open and from where and how the rope was it was clear they hadn't even tried to tie it shut, just pulled an uncatched gate to!!!! YO called the other owner and it was clear from what I could hear that she was just making excuses and then saying "they're only kids". YO has said something will be done and I believe her because she was livid, but I'm now going to worry that they've been up and left the gate undone again, or something else equally idiotic. The gate was tied shut when they turned out, it was quite obvious it needed doing!!!!
Aaaaand breeeeaaaathe!
Well I went up this morning to find them both out the field. Thankfully they hadn't gone far, but they could easily have got out onto the road or onto a bridleway and from there miles of open land and as the crow flies busy main roads. Called YO immediately thinking they'd broken the fencing somehow, but when we got to the field the gate was wide open and from where and how the rope was it was clear they hadn't even tried to tie it shut, just pulled an uncatched gate to!!!! YO called the other owner and it was clear from what I could hear that she was just making excuses and then saying "they're only kids". YO has said something will be done and I believe her because she was livid, but I'm now going to worry that they've been up and left the gate undone again, or something else equally idiotic. The gate was tied shut when they turned out, it was quite obvious it needed doing!!!!
Aaaaand breeeeaaaathe!