Sport 32: Summer 2004
Falling
Falling
In Leigh, at the end of the tour, they all take an afternoon and go horse-riding. Except that no one had explained to Jonathan about tightening girths, so the saddle simply… revolved, to end up suspended under the horse's stomach, taking Jonathan with it. Emma, gurgling, manages to give the impression of a Catherine wheel: all four limbs extended, and whirling.
Lucien, in the front seat of the Volvo, is wriggling with irritation that he missed this. ‘Bet he didn't stop talking the whole time, either,’ he mutters, changing gear.