turner's torque It happened to me again last week! There I was, taking photos of the SsangYong Rexton on a green lane when I was approached by someone who proceeded to give me grief for being there. I’ll admit that I was a bit annoyed, and defensive, who wouldn’t be?
Her response was to say how dare I have the audacity to suggest that she has no respect for the countryside, and she continued to shout at me with all the passion you and I have for responsible greenlaning.
“You shouldn’t be here, you lot are making the countryside a mess - you should be banned.” she snarled.
There came a point at which I had to stop her as her face was turning red, and I didn’t want to be the one responsible for her having a bloomin’ heart attack!
I was in a shiny new Rexton, not a knackered old Discovery with 35” tyres, for goodness sake, but that's not the point. My retort was simple and to the point. “...and I’m sick of you lot too, you flagrantly toss your rubbish and face masks on the floor without a care for the environment and animals. I have no doubt that you also walk across farmers' fields destroying their crops, too. It’s you who give walkers and those of us who enjoy the countryside a bad name. Oh, and on top of that, you’re walking in the middle of a bloody road!”
“Look, you didn’t like it when I was casting wrongful and negative assertions on you, how do you think I felt when you tarred me with a negative brush? There are good and bad people in both our pastimes, please don’t jump to conclusions.” I was hoping she would calm down so we could have a genuinely decent conversation, instead she told me to f*ck off and stormed off down the road! You can’t win them all.
In other news, Muddy Madam and I would like to introduce you to the newest member of the Muddy household - meet Lilly, The Mud Life Mutt! You’ll be seeing a lot of Lilly in future issues, as well as on social media, so as a quick introduction, Lilly is a 4 year old Lurcher (a Whippet/Staffy cross), and we’ve adopted her because Lilly’s original mum, who’s looked after her since being a 3 month old pup, recently had a massive change circumstances and could no longer give her the attention she deserves. Let me tell you she's lucked out with us two, she'll get all the attention she ever wanted and more. You can follow Lilly’s rise to Instagram stardom at lilly_the_mud_life_dog
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