I was out for a ride today and finally lost patience with horse riders.
I was coming into Leyburn from Hawes (for thise that know the road) around a long sweeping left hander with good visibility which then goes over a two lane bridge.
I was enjoying myself and was using a fair bit of the edge of the tyres as I rounded the bend. As I got to the bridge there were two horse riders on the other side about 200 away so I instantly pulled in the clutch, put the brakes on and slowed down. I pulled over to the far left of the road to give them as much space as possible as I passed.
Of *course* they were riding two abreast in the middle of their lane with a long line of cars behind them.
When I was about 30 yards from passing them they went mental and started waving me to slow down, shouting at me and patting their horses.
I was doing 15 miles an hour on the far side of the road with the clutch pulled in and the bike on tickover and they STILL wanted more!
So I bloody well gave it to them!
I can't exactly remember which swearwords I used, probably all of them... several times.
Needless to say it fell of deaf self-rightious ears. I might scare their poor Horsey Worsey thats out on a public highway mid afternoon.
The rev limiter kicking in had more effect as I left them to it. 
Now I'm usually very patient with them but not today. (Girlfriends says I have to be)
I can't stand horses, I can't stand the crap they leave perfectly on the line through a blind bend (that the NEVER clean up) and I can't stand their justification for taking a wild animal on the road that their not (ever) in control of.
So to Horseriders: Get your stupid, unpredictable, stinking,crapping animals OFF the road! Or pay £500 road tax.
Rant over.
And relax, two, three, four. Breath, two, three, four.
C