Climbing and ponies

Ponies are a regular fixture when climbing on Dartmoor, particularly at Haytor. Whilst they are lovely to see and generally very friendly, care must be taken with lunches left lying around. Our bags were raided for carrots and cake during a teaching day at Haytor, with no one able to get to the bags before the ponies due to being either up a cliff or belaying. Tourists are kindly asked not to feed the ponies by Dartmoor National Park Authority but that does not seem to stop many of the visitors from offering snacks...