Billy Roberts fascinating new book Spooky Liverpool is available for pre-order now on www.merseyshop.com
Although I grew up with dogs, and even in my adult life have always had a furry creature around the house, I fully understood when the law was finally introduced forcing dog owners to use a pooper scooper when taking their family canine for its daily constitutional. At least this kept our pavements free of that fowl smelling stuff we've all trodden in at some time in our lives. But what about horse excrement? Have you ever driven through it, never mind trodden in it? I have, and believe me, it makes a mess of your tyres, and it stinks! What I would like to know is why the same law does not apply to horse owners, and why they don't have to dismount to scoop up the mound of excrement left in a huge heap in the middle of the road. When I was a child horse manure was always quickly collected by gardeners or allotment owners, who always proudly announced it was this that helped their potatoes grow so beautifully. I live in a farming community, where horse riders are as plentiful as cyclists,(God bless them,) so what I would like to know is why horse manure is no longer collected by avid gardeners, and why it is left on the narrow roads until completely flattened by either my car, or someone's four-wheel drive? When I was a child horse manure was dry and flakey, but now, because of what horses are fed, it's no different to dog excrement. What's this all about?
Should you be wondering what this has got to do with the paranormal - absolutely nothing! I'm just taking advantage of my blog to have a whinge! You should have seen the state of my tyres!
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