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Monday 28 July 2008

The Household Cavalry

Members of The Household Cavalry, The Life Guards regiment, and their horses enjoy a break from ceremonial duties with a gallop in the surf along Holkham Beach, Holkham, Norfolk, 22 July 2008. The regiment is currently on a three week summer training camp at Bodney Camp.

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3 comments:

Tweedsmuir said...

Nothing like the charge of the light brigade! The fulfillment from JKB notwithstanding, this blog was in need of such a shot.

Bolingbroke said...

I would easily give up my day job to ride cavalry professionally. If I were 30 years younger that is.

J.K. Baltzersen said...

I would easily give up my day job to ride cavalry professionally. If I were 30 years younger that is.

As for myself, there are quite a few things I would give up my day job for, the constraints of life reality permitting. Riding cavalry is probably not one of them, although it would be interesting to try for a limited time period.

Being a full-time writer would probably be one of things I could give up my day job for. There is a two-fold income challenge though. I need an income, which my writing might not provide enough of, and the need for income would more likely than not influence my writing in a bad way.