A Letter and a Question in The Times
A letter in The Times today asked what is the etiquette about using a mobile phone on a horse and whether it is legal or not.
To me it’s rather stupid unless of course, you have effectively parked your horse quietly at the side of the road. Riding needs both hands a lot of the time to have proper control of the horse, so one outcome of using a phone on a horse, is that you might drop the phone. I’ve never phoned from a horse, but I did try using a camera in Kenya and it wasn’t too successful.
So using a phone, might well cause you to have to dismount, which in any case is not a good idea on a public road. Your phone may also not survive the drop in one piece!
On the question of emergencies whilst on a horse, one thing that is greatly to be desired for a man, is a widdle-proof horse. I can remember a kennel-huntsman, who spent hours with a Fairy Liquid bottle getting the Master’s horse used to water passing by his ears. The Master later said he would never buy another horse off a woman.
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