Helen said “Apparently Blitzen is Dutch/German for
lightning. However, Blitz can sometimes be a lazy so-and-so
and doesn’t often live up to his name – apart
from when it comes to eating when he scoffs food like it’s
going out of fashion. For all his apparent lack of energy
(Dave says Blitz, as we call him, is “saving himself”),
he’s not nasty and he’s not disobedient.
He’s a lovely horse but I quickly realised that when
we’re out on the road, despite his light colouring,
there are many times when he’s still not that visible.
Light grey skies, sunny days when we’re in the shadow
of trees, days when it’s dull and overcast are all
times when he can be just as “invisible” as Breeze.
When we started the photo shoots with Breeze for the forthcoming
BHS 12th Edition Riding & Roadcraft Manual we noticed
a small, minor error and decided the best thing was to re-shoot
the pictures. Unfortunately Breeze had gone lame and, in
the short time we had to produce replacement shots, was temporarily
unavailable. Discussions took place with the Carole Mewton
BHS Regional Rep from the South West who was working with
Dave on the editing for the new book. Between them they decided
that having a grey horse (for all the reasons I’ve
mentioned earlier) would be a great idea.
