[daniellestocks]

Was driving to Malton yesterday to take some tack to be fixed, on the way i pasted a man on a trike combination thingy with a kind of wheelbarrow front 
It looked fab and i thought how handy would that be,
So on the way home i past him again coming back from where he had been, which i figured out was the farm shop a few miles up road, he only went for a bale of hay  had it on the front in his barrow bit! 
Well i was impressed it was a fair distance, heavy traffic, but very enviromentaly friendly and great exercise 
Good on him!!! If i didnt live so far away from shops id definitly have one with a trailer to pull the kids in too lol

[Roxy]

That sounds very useful, pity our area is so full of steep hills!!!

I keep seeing people coming from the allotment in the village.  They seem to use a wheelbarrow for going back and forth with their bits and pieces.  I like to see people using other modes of transport than the car.

The man who used to own our little driving pony, used to take him into a busy town to the supermarket and tie him up to the trolley park.  Had a lovely little cart, with a flat bit at the back, all fenced in for his shopping and his two collie dogs.  Just need a lot of nerve to drive the pony among the busy traffic.  The amazing thing was, this man had no idea about carriage driving, just got on and off they went .......

My friend used to take her pony and cart to school to drop her kids off. It was a rural area, so a nice drive there.  She got a letter from the school asking that she did not park/turn her horse round in the school gateway.  Yet, it was fine for all the other mums to park their big 4x4 cars there, and block the way. 

[daniellestocks]

My friend used to take her pony and cart to school to drop her kids off. It was a rural area, so a nice drive there.  She got a letter from the school asking that she did not park/turn her horse round in the school gateway.  Yet, it was fine for all the other mums to park their big 4x4 cars there, and block the way. 

how nice! shame on the school tho!

[little blue]

Thats what goes through my mind when I'm walking the 6 miles home from work - "now... if I had a pony, I could tie it up at the front of work on the grass / ask the farmer next door/ ask the stables up the lane!"

[Sandy]

I would love to have a donkey to attatch to a cart and trot off to Morrisons!!!!

[bazzais]

Shame on that school indeed, imagine the experience for the kids at the school to be able to see the horses arrive and leave, an experience some of the kids may never otherwise.

As for being eco, I try my best, but I love things with engines as they save so much labour, I wish I had the time to cycle and get straw or hay but my house would be taken by the bank by the time I got back with the load.  Infact I dont think I would make it up the hill with one bale.

Sounds a wacky kind of transport though, prob custom made?  We have a few locals around here with crazy made vehicles. Fair dos some of these 'eco warriors' types certainly have some wacky cars and transport made from the wildest designs.  Thy must sit and study the rule book for MOT's in the evening and bend every rule.

Ta

Baz

[Sandy]

  I would love our VW back on the road!!!