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.
Following the gallop along the beach, members of The Household Cavalry take their horses for a swim. The Household Cavalry, which consists of The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st The Royal Dragoons) in Britain (the Governor-General Horse Guards in Canada is the only other Household Cavalry regiment), provides The Queen's Life Guard daily and Sovereign's Escort on State occasions, mounted on horseback. The King's Troops, Royal Horse Artillery, whilst a mounted and ceremonial regiment of the Household Division, is strictly speaking an artillery formation, not a cavalry one.
Nothing like the charge of the light brigade! The fulfillment from JKB notwithstanding, this blog was in need of such a shot.
ReplyDeleteI would easily give up my day job to ride cavalry professionally. If I were 30 years younger that is.
ReplyDeleteI would easily give up my day job to ride cavalry professionally. If I were 30 years younger that is.
ReplyDeleteAs 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.