Title: Off the Record

Author: Samara McDowell

In: Sport 32: Summer 2004

Publication details: Fergus Barrowman, December 2004

Part of: Sport

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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.