Ponies Back Where They Belong

 

At long last these ponies are back where they are supposed to be and not in the woods, munching my trees.

This lower section of the Black brook valley is the area, where the troublesome farmer is allowed to graze his Ponies, but in the Winter, when they have eaten all the grass in here and he can't be bothered or is too stingy to get them any straw; he herds them into the woods and then complains to the land owners (The Duchy) that 'we' the general public are leaving gates open and causing a nuisance with Dogs, etc.

This is of course an obvious attempt to get rid of any witnesses, I would imagine.  So he can feed his Ponies on mine and the Duchy's trees, to his hearts content.  He also tries to discourage people from coming down here, by being rude and intimidating, but people are quite defiant.

Fortunately a concerted campaign by myself and many disgruntled Dog walkers had brought this sneaky behaviour to an abrupt end, I would hope.

Welfare

Looking at this land and these Ponies; it is clear that they do not have enough grass, so he should either have less of them, or buy them some straw in the Winter.