Thirsty Horse Spotted In Marsden

A horse fancies a visit to The Swan in Marsden. (pictures: Nigel Barlow)

The old saying goes that you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t teach it drink. Well here’s one horse who appeared to have something a little stronger than water on his mind in Marsden recently.

The horse was apparently desperate for a swift half in The Swan on Peel Street. And on a warm, sunny day, who could blame him?

Thanks to reader Nigel Barlow for sending in the pictures. Nigel writes the North West Scenes website, which has information about the people, landscape and history of the north west of England, and which you can read here. Nigel is also a co-founder of Manchester hyperlocal site Inside The M60, which is here.

Author: Jude Gidney - Editor

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